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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday urged students to embrace ethics and moral values alongside academic learning, stressing that education should be used for the welfare of society and the nation. 

Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram said on Wednesday that to promote quality education, a total of 728 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) will be made operational across the country by 2026. 

At the foundation stone laying ceremony of India’s first National Cooperative University -- Tribhuvan Sahkari University -- in Anand, Gujarat, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah highlighted that the initiative embodies Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s steadfast commitment to empowering and advancing the cooperative movement across the country.

The Supreme Court on Friday deprecated the National Board of Examinations (NBE) practice to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG 2025 examination in two shifts. 

To ensure enhanced access to higher education, the BJP led coalition government in Tripura has decided to establish three new general degree colleges.

Principal and staff of Sai Spoorthi Pre-University College in Karnataka's Bidar district were suspended after a probe by the police confirmed that students were not allowed to take the Common Entrance Test (CET) for wearing the sacred thread (janivara/janeu), in violation of rules and guidelines.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced a big change in the class 10 board exams system from the next year, officials said.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed holding Class 10 board exams twice a year, starting from the academic year 2026. The board has published draft guidelines for conducting these exams twice annually, and it is inviting suggestions from stakeholders and the public via its official website.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams for Cass 10 and Class 12 will begin on Saturday.

In one of the visionary moves, the Union government increased the higher education budget on Saturday by 7.74 per cent, marking a significant rise from Rs 46,482.35 crore in 2024-25 to Rs 50,077.95 crore in 2025-26.

The central government has scrapped the "no-detention policy" in schools. In this regard, the Ministry of Education has issued an official Gazette notification.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a copy of the report of Bihar Police and its Economic Offences Unit (EOU) in relation to the NEET-UG question paper leak case.

Four students of the Patna AIIMS were detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday, a day after they were called for questioning in the NEET paper leak case.

The Centre, in a preliminary affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on Friday opposed the batch of pleas seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG examination, for admission in undergraduate medical programmes, saying it would affect "lakhs of honest candidates" who appeared in it on May 5. 

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) clarified on Wednesday that it has not given Byju’s a clean chit over financial fraud as the investigation into the matter is still going on.

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2024 paper leak fiasco saw a fresh twist on Thursday with the accused persons confessing before the police that question papers were arranged for certain candidates a day before the exam for which the aspirants shelled out close to Rs 30-32 lakh.

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking directions to the National Board of Examinations (NBE) to release the question paper and answer key of the NEET (PG) examination.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the proceedings pending before various High Courts of the country pertaining to the alleged NEET (UG) paper leak.

The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police will question nine candidates in connection with the NEET question paper leak case in the presence of their parents in Patna on Tuesday.

The plea seeks directions for the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the “malpractices and fraud involved” in the NEET examination held on May 5 and a stay on counselling till the investigations on the paper leak are completed.

Private coaching institutes like Physics Wallah (PW) and Allen Career Institute on Sunday expressed deep concerns over the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), urging the National Testing Agency (NTA) to clear the air around the controversy. 

In her complaint to the police, the victim alleged that one of the four accused called her fraudulently to his flat where he, along with his three friends, gang-raped her.

The collaboration between ASU and OpenAI brings the advanced capabilities of ChatGPT Enterprise into higher education, setting a new precedent for how universities enhance learning, creativity and student outcomes.

Another student in Rajasthan's Kota committed suicide, taking the total number of students who have ended their lives this year to 26. Mohammad Tanveer, the 20-year-old student ended his life by hanging himself in his room on Wednesday night.

Ten students of IIT-Mandi in Himachal Pradesh have been suspended from academics and hostel till December for ragging freshers, the institute said on Wednesday.