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Centre eyeing Rs 1 lakh crore push for higher education infrastructure upgrades: HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. The Centre is eyeing a major push to improve the infrastructure at higher education institutions across the country. Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has said the Higher Education Funding Agency (HEFA) would make Rs 1 lakh crore available to institutions over the next four years for infrastructure upgrades. (Zee News)

CBSE asks schools to send Yoga videos to raise awareness on International Yoga Day this year. In order to raise awareness about Yoga Day, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all affiliated schools to celebrate International Yoga Day (IYD). In the board's announcement, all schools have been asked to share the links of the video clips with all the stakeholders depicting the awareness of the day. The move is expected to reach out to the people in large numbers, and in turn help disseminate this valuable information to benefit to all age groups of the population for their well-being. (India Today)

AIIMS MBBS result 2018: Sangrur’s Eliza Bansal tops the exam. Eliza Bansal from Lehragaga in Sangrur district secured the first rank in the AIIMS examination, the result of which was declared on Monday. Eliza secured 100 percentile (rounded off) in biology and physics each, while she scored 99.94 percentile in chemistry and 97.87 percentile in general knowledge. She was taking coaching at a private coaching institute in Patiala for the past two years. (HT)

Supreme Court Makes Exception For 8 Government Colleges, Allows Them To Enroll 800 Students For MBBS, BDS. The Supreme Court today made an exception by allowing eight government medical colleges in three states, which were barred by the Centre for certain deficiencies, to enroll 800 students in MBBS and BDS courses for academic year 2018-19. The top court fixed the accountability on the chief secretary and principal secretary in-charge of medical education of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand for rectifying the deficiencies pointed out by the Medical Council of India (NDTV)    

AIIMS MBBS results 2018: Here are the four toppers who scored perfect 100 percentile. A total of 7,617 candidates, including 2,705 females, have qualified the AIIMS-MBBS 2018 entrance examination, the results of which were declared on Monday on the official website - aiimsexams.org. The examination was held on May 26 and 27 for 800 seats in nine All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, including Delhi. (Zee News)

Fate of 150 medical students in MP college uncertain, SC asks MCI for solution. The Supreme Court has taken a serious note of 150 medical students in Bhopal being left in the lurch after permission of a college for admission in the academic session 2017-18 was denied by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The top court has asked the MCI to suggest a solution to thwart the crisis and place on record the details of vacant seats in Madhya Pradesh and adjoining states for the academic session 2017-18. (TOI)

The government is spending nearly 4% of GDP on education. The HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar discusses the achievements of and issues facing the Ministry of Human Resource Development, including the two paper leaks of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in April, the changes to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks, the draft education policy, and the problem of vacant seats in engineering colleges.  (The Hindu)

CBSE 2018: Government suggest measures to avoid paper leak in future. In its recent outrage of paper leak this year in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the committee headed by former Higher Education secretary VS Oberoi, has suggested some measures in order to avoid these incidents in the future. CBSE paper leak which had stir the entire nation this year have had a lot of loopholes in the measures to conduct the examination which in turn has affected the future of many students in the country. (India Today)

Court directs AIIMS to pay Rs 50,000 to MBBS aspirant who was not allowed to give exam. The AIIMS authorities did not allow the candidate to write the entrance exam after his Aadhaar card could not be scanned at the centre. Also, AIIMS issued a slew of direction to avoid a repeat of the incident. The court observed that the controller of examination of AIIMS adopted a callous attitude in unnecessarily depriving the student from appearing in the exam. (India Today)

Time to register for CBSE Class 10, 12 Compartment Exam. CBSE has issued a the time table and circular for the compartment exams for class 10 and 12. Application form can be filled from 12th June 2018 to 21st June 2018 (Without late fee) and till 27th June with late fee of Rs.1000 and till 30th June with late fee of Rs.5000. The application fee is Rs.200 per subject for Indian students and Rs.1000 per subject for foreign students. Regular students can apply through their school while private students can apply directly. To see the full time table, circulars and to apply online, click 'Read more' to visit the relevant CBSE website. (edureso)

On HRD ministry's direction, IIT board releases extended merit list; 31,980 candidates qualify in all. As many as 31,980 candidates have cleared the JEE-Advanced exam with the IIT's Joint Admission Board (JAB) issuing an extended merit list following directions from the HRD ministry. The extended merit list was issued following a meeting of the JAB today. Candidates who have given the JEE (Advanced) 2018 test can check the official website, jeeadv.ac.in, for the new merit list. (TOI)

Number of students qualifying for IITs to rise after govt steps in. More students will qualify for the Indian Institutes of Technology after the HRD ministry asked the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) to issue a supplementary merit list for JEE Advanced 2018. The fresh list will have twice the number of students in each discipline to ensure there are no vacancies, as first reported by Hindustan Times. The list will also apply to general category students if there are vacancies in a discipline. (HT)

Govt directs IITs to issue supplementary merit list for JEE-Advanced. In an unprecedented move, the HRD Ministry has issued directions to the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) to release a supplementary merit list for admission this year. The government issued late-night directions on Wednesday to the director of IIT Kanpur, which is the organising institute for JEE-Advanced this year. (Indian Express)

More JEE Mains shortlisted students opt out of Advanced exam this year. The number of shortlisted students in JEE Mains opting out of the JEE Advanced has been increasing gradually. About 32 per cent of the JEE Mains candidates who are shortlisted have opted out of the JEE Advanced exam this year, according to a survey. In 2017, the percentage of students who opted out was 23 per cent. In 2016, the percentage was 21. (TOI)

UK to offer Stephen Hawking fellowships. Exceptional students in mathematics and physics can compete for research fellowships in honour of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in March, the government announced on Monday. Up to 10 fellowships will be awarded each year for the next five years to candidates completing doctoral studies in maths, physics and computer sciences, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.(TOI)

JEE Advanced Result 2018: Seat allocation to begin from June 15. With the declaration of JEE Advanced Result 2018 on June 11, 2018, the seat allocation will begin on and from Friday, June 15, 2018. In a first, the JEE Advanced 2018 was conducted completely on online mode. Qualifying JEE or participating in the joint seat allocation process, however, does not guarantee a candidate's admission in IITs. Admission will depend on the availability of seats during rounds of seat allocation.(zee News)

IIT-JEE Advanced 2018: 26 students from Anand Kumar's Super 30 crack exam. As many as 26 out of 30 students from Bihar's 'Super 30' academy cleared IIT-JEE (Advanced) 2018, the results of which were released on Sunday. Founded by math wizard Anand Kumar in 2002, the institute trains 30 meritorious students from underprivileged sections of the society for JEE exams every year. (Zee News)

JEE Advanced 2018: Number of successful aspirants at seven-year low as IITs shed grace marks. As results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced were announced Sunday, the number of candidates who cleared the test this year for admission to the IITs is the lowest in seven years. Of the 1.55 lakh aspirants who appeared for the JEE, 18,138 students cleared the cut-off, which is 1.6 times the number of seats on offer, according to IIT-Kanpur. In 2017, more than 51,000 students had cleared the examination.

Exam reforms: UGC sets up panel, invites suggestions. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is looking at ways to further improve the examination system followed by higher education institutions across the country. It has set up a dedicated panel for the mission and has invited suggestions from all stakeholders, including varsity and college teachers, officials as well as students. In a notice issued on Thursday, UGC has called for specific suggestions in 150 words to be sent to it by June 22 for the panel to consider them. (HT)

National Defence Academy admission exam for Indian Army, Apply till 2nd July. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold the examination for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National  Defence Academy for the 142nd Course, and for the 104th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) on September 9, 2018. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in its notification on June 6 said that the last date of filing the applications is July 2 till 6:00 pm. (Zee News)

Students are overburdened, NCERT syllabus to be cut to half : HRD minister. Union minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government decided to half the NCERT syllabus as students did not find time for other activities as they were overburdened. The decision to half the syllabus was announced by the Union HRD Minister last week. "There is a huge load of books and information, and students have no time. There is no time for physical education, value education and life skills. "So, we decided to half the portion (syllabus). (Economic Times)