Congress President Mallikarjun  Kharge, condemned BJP led Centre for slashing the funds allocated in budget for the higher education to a whopping Rs 9,600 crore. He said, “BJP-RSS wants to destroy India’s education sector by a thousand cuts”.

Uttar Pradesh government has suspended its digital attendance system for the primary school teachers for next 2 months due to the protest by the teachers & criticism by opposition parties.

July 16 is celebrated as World Snake Day to raise awareness about the diversity of various reptiles and to help understand their origin and nature, often misunderstood. As snakes are crucial to maintain nature's balance.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath wants private schools to admit children from less privileged communities who are living below poverty line meeting the required eligibility in the admission process. 

As per the JMI Act, 1988 President of India in capacity as Visitor of Jamia Millia Islamia has appointed Prof. Mohammad Shakeel as VC of the university.

The Supreme Court will hear 43 petitions on the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak today. In its report, the CBI found that a student had tampered with the screenshots of the leaked paper. There was no large scale conspiracy. Grace marks of 1,563 candidates have been withdrawn; They can retest or use the actual scores.

Pooja Khedkar is an IAS trainee officer from the 2023 batch and had secured rank 821 (PWD-5) in the UPSC exams. Pooja is the daughter of former civil servant Dilip Khedkar, who served as Commissioner of the Pollution Department. Her maternal grandfather, Jagannathrao Budhwant, also had a renowned career as an IAS officer. As per rules, a trainee is not provided with the above amenities and is required to be appointed as a gazetted officer first. She created a controversy after using red-blue beacon lights on her private vehicle, a VIP number plate, letter pads, a nameplate, a separate office chamber, and dedicated staff, despite not being entitled to these privileges as a probationer, according to reports. She had also installed a 'Maharashtra government' board on her private car. There are also speculations that she also occupied the ante-chamber of Additional District Collector Ajay More without his knowledge.

"In my opinion, if what we are wearing is not revealing or transparent, and is worn properly, it should be fine," shares a student on the condition of anonymity. She also states that the dress code shouldn't be the highlight of the college, education should be. Talking about the financial burden that comes with purchasing a new set of clothes, the students asks how can they afford such formal clothes. "A dress code directly affects the individuality and freedom of a student," says Nitin Dalvi, an education activist, and calls it "moral policing". He says that the focus should be on education, rather than a dress code. "Implementation of dress code invites anger of students and unnecessary politicisation of the issue," he poignantly points out. "We just want to study at the college. We are living in Mumbai and these rules make no sense to us," says Sameer Chaudhry, a third-year BCom student from the college, says that there is nothing religious about wearing T-shirts and jeans. These opinions came after a notice dated June 27 came into effect this week, starting July 1, stating clearly that students cannot wear any dress which depicts religion or any cultural disparity. Nakab, hijab, burkha, stole, cap, badge and so on "shall be removed by going to common rooms on the ground floor" and then, they can move around the campus. "Torn jeans, T-shirts, Revealing dresses and Jerseys not allowed", notified the college. which was upheld by Bombay High Court on June 26, comes another ban for students of the Chembur Trombay Education Society's NG Acharya and DK Marathe College, Mumbai.

After Rahul Gandhi On Monday, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, had written to PM Modi asking for a debate on NEET on Wednesday. A day later Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday assured of strict action against those involved in the NEET paper leak saga. He said that the ones responsible for the scam will not be spared by the government. PM Modi also accused the opposition parties of playing politics with the future of the country’s youth. PM Modi said, "I assure the youth of our country, this government will not spare those who cheat and scam you." PM Modi said that the government is committed to creating an environment where students can focus on their studies without worrying about examinations.

The SSC Selection Post Phase 12 exam was conducted in online mode from June 20 to June 26 to fill 2,049 vacancies. The answer keys and response sheets of the candidates were released on 2 July. Candidates can download the provisional answer key from ssc.gov.in and file objections till July 5 with a fee of Rs 100 per objection.