Agharkar Institute gets national repository status

India, April 9 -- In a significant boost to scientific research and biodiversity conservation, the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, has been designated as a national repository under the Biolo... Read More

Private schools warned against forcing students to purchase uniforms & books from them

India, April 9 -- In an official circular issued on April 7, primary education officer of Zilla Parishad (ZP) Pune, Sanjay Naikwade, warned private English-medium schools against compelling students t... Read More

Education department to act on arbitrary fee hikes, introduce refund policy

India, April 8 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com Widespread resentment is brewing among parents over steep and allegedly arbitrary fee hikes by private schools. The state education department has ass... Read More

Allegations of rRs.r699 crore tender irregularities in CET exams, cell denies charges

India, April 7 -- Allegations of large-scale irregularities in the conduct of entrance examinations for professional courses in Maharashtra have surfaced, with former senate member of the Savitribai P... Read More

Minority students face uncertainty as scholarship funds remain unreleased

India, April 7 -- Around 75 minority students from Maharashtra pursuing higher education abroad are facing severe financial stress due to delays in the disbursal of scholarship funds by the state gove... Read More

Samagra Shiksha scheme likely to continue in revised form: State issues clarification

India, April 6 -- After nearly 3,800 contractual employees working under the Samagra Shiksha scheme across Maharashtra faced job uncertainty following the programme's abrupt halt on March 31, the stat... Read More

State to start V-C appointments six months in advance

India, April 5 -- In a significant administrative reform, higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil has made it clear that the process to appoint new vice-chancellors in state public u... Read More

100-mark evaluation system to improve teacher selection

India, April 5 -- The Maharashtra government has introduced a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for recruiting teachers in aided, partially aided and unaided private schools, to improve trans... Read More

100-mark evaluation system to improve teacher selection in Maha

Pune, April 5 -- The Maharashtra government has introduced a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for recruiting teachers in aided, partially aided and unaided private schools, to improve transp... Read More

State to allow technical colleges to shift to parent universities

India, April 3 -- In a major policy shift, the state Higher and Technical Education department decided to make affiliation with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (BATU) optional for tech... Read More

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