'It encourages a shadow industry, the coaching industry.' 'Only those students who have the resources to go for coaching, benefit.'
In an online chat with readers, Ramesh Batlish, head, FIITJEE, Noida centre addressed queries on how to crack the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam.
'Students are taking a keen interest in a hybrid model, where they start classes online and then complete the course on campus.'
'There is no concept of friendship here...there are only competitors.' 'Every student sitting next to you is seen as an additional burden to fight with.'
In an online chat with readers on November 1, Nitesh Salvi, co-founder and director, Plancess Edusolution Pvt Ltd addressed reader queries related to the entrance exam and offered advice on how students can optimise their preparation and score better.
The NHRC, in a statement on Wednesday, said it has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the students of a coaching centre allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents within 12 hours.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the strange decision to not allow Question Hour in Parliament at a time when the government has forced lakhs of students to answer questions in the JEE and NEET exams, citing no danger from the coronavirus.
Due to his determination and his brother's efforts Basant Kumar Pandit is one step closer to attaining his dream.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on a revolutionary wedding in Tamil Nadu at which guests were exhorted to gift only school books -- and got 1500 of them!
Various state governments had announced free transportation and accommodation, including West Bengal that ran special metro service for candidates.
The NEET was conducted on September 13 amid strict precautions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Kota police and district administration records, at least 14 students studying in coaching centres in the city committed suicide this year.
Free coaching centre in Bihar Super 30, which helps economically backward youngsters crack the IIT-JEE, saw 27 of their 30 students clear the competitive exam.
While the start may have been rocky, with renewed syllabus and coaching, students and teachers are largely in favour of the exam.
Fear of upcoming NEET examinations has allegedly led a girl student to die by suicide at her residence in Coimbatore, the police said on Wednesday.
The reforms proposed for the monster examinations, JEE and NEET, which take several students' lives every year don't go far enough.
To understand the problem with public examinations we need to understand the different objectives they serve and how they interact and conflict with each other.
Reacting to a petition filed by the organising chairman of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (advanced) 2013, IIT-Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of all petitions related to the IIT admissions that were pending in the Andhra Pradesh High Court to itself.
Byju's is raising about Rs 2,200 crore ($300 million) as part of a larger round of new investment as the world's most valuable edtech company focuses on expanding its business in global markets and explores to do more acquisitions. According to industry sources, the new funding may value Bengaluru-based Byju's at $18 billion, up from a valuation of $16.5 billion in June this year. In June, Byju's became India's most valuable unicorn with a valuation of $16.5 billion, surpassing fintech company Paytm's $16 billion valuation.
Computer science and mechanical engineering topped the list while IT seems to have lost its sheen.
The decision came after the famed mathematician, whose life and work inspired the film 'Super 30', visited government schools in the capital with Sisodia.
'After toiling in the field and selling vegetables in the local market, we don't make more than Rs 1,500 a week.' 'That is just enough for the five of us to survive.' 'My family cannot afford to pay for private coaching for IIT-JEE.'
'With our focus and strategy we can solve at least 20 per cent per cent of India's education problems.'
Somnath Bharti, president, IIT Delhi Alumni Association and Supreme Court lawyer explains why the HRD minister's dream of 'one country, one exam' is a myth.
Kota Factory finds success in a winsome cast as they lend heart to its moods and mundanity, notes Sukanya Verma.
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal explains how the Joint entrance exam has led to the decline of school education, why the new format will stay for 2013 and why he is unfazed about the autonomy of IIT-Kanpur.
The Indian Institutes of Technology and IIT-JEE coaching institutes have not taken kindly to Infosys Technologies founder, N R Narayana Murthy's comment that questioned the quality of students at these institutions.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The five-page letter by Collector Ravi Kumar Surpur has been dispatched to the coaching institutes in the city and will be forwarded to the parents after translation into Hindi and other regional languages.
Admissions have opened up for the BS-MS dual degree programme at the Indian Instuitutes of Science Education and Research.
It is also revealed that Ganesh is 42-years-old and has two kids, reports M I Khan from Patna.
Bihar education minister asked if the 'media person who posed queries to the topper is himself a great musician?'
'I don't think I can go back home before the lockdown is lifted because Nitishji has said he will not allow students from Kota to return.'
Students may choose between weekday and weekend batches, and attend scheduled online maths and science classes based on their school curriculum.
'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.'
'IIT-Bombay is the most preferred institute for education in technology.' 'The environment is very good and I will be a good student and a better asset for the nation.'
Three of the 23 MLAs are cabinet ministers. Another minister who had tested positive earlier has recovered. The chief minister gave the number during a video conference with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had held a virtual meeting with CMs of opposition-ruled states to discuss a range of issues faced by them.
Entrance exam aspirants, here's how you can be at the top of your game!
'Whenever I felt like giving up, I'd think about my father.' 'I think about all the hardships he'd undergone to put me in a good school and give me the best of coaching.'
