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Jamia Millia Islamia, which is one of the top universities in India has postponed its entrance exam for courses that cannot be given admission in with CUET scores because of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India. The entrance exams will be held from 9 June to 11 June. Earlier, these were scheduled to take place between 24th May to 26th May. Students could submit their applications for the same till 31st March, 2024. This include courses like MA in economics, Diploma in engineering, MBA, MA in human resources, bachelors in education and many more.

JEE mains 2024 results have been released and all the toppers from different parts of the country are being congratulated for their achievements. Visharad Shrivastva who is the topper from Maharashtra has been able to score 100 percentile in the exam. Other than him, there are 56 more candidates who have scored the similar percentile. Visharad wants to study computer science from IIT Bombay. In an interview, he has said that to beat the cut-throat competition, it is very important to focus on quality over quantity. One must familiarise themself with the pattern of the exam. Studying 5 to 6 hours every day with the right amount of breakes is important to make sure that a person is understanding the concepts properly. The boy has also said that analysing his mistakes has been a very integral part in being able to score such a high percentile.

In a recent notice issued by the UGC, it has been clarified that all the Indian institutes offering distance learning programmes should avoid giving admissions to foreign nationals. The eligibility to take admission in open distance learning programmes offered by Indian students is to be an Indian citizen. An Indian citizen residing in any part of the country is eligible to take admission in an open distance learning program offered by an institute in other parts of the country. However, this is not applicable for foreign nationals. It is not allowed for any Indian institution to make an exception and institutes must strictly adhere to territorial jurisdiction as specified by the UGC for giving admissions.

Recently, UGC made the decision that NET will be the standard exam that students will have to give to get admission in PhD programmes around the country. This means that students do not have to appear for multiple PhD entrance exams. Now the Jawaharlal Nehru University, which is one of the top institutes in the country and globally has announced that it will be accepting NET scores for giving admission to students.  Earlier JNU used to conduct an entrance exam of its own for giving admission and PhD programmes. However, the recent decision made by UGC has led to alterations in the admission process. Initially the decision was resisted by many institutes around the country as they felt students would not have enough opportunities and chances to get into the top institutes of the country. However, now slowly and steadily many institutes of the country are accepting this decision.

Recently, the results for JEE mains session 2 have been released. Now following the results, the registration for the JEE advance which is the second step of the entrance exam has started. Students who will be able to clear this exam can get into IITs. Students will have the opportunity to register themselves till 7th May, 2024. To register oneself, a student has to visit the official website of JEE advance and then fill in their details. Female and students from reserved category will have to pay a registration fee of INR 1600 to register themselves. For other students, the registration fee is INR 3200. Students who have been able to clear the JEE mains cut-off are eligible for this registration. The exam will be conducted on 26th May, 2024.

The Ministry of tribal affairs by the government of India offers the national overseas scholarship every year to students from the marginalised sections of the society. These scholarships are awarded to selected students every year for pursuing higher education abroad. The national overseas scholarship for 2024 is now open for registration. Interested students can fill the application form by 31st May, 2024. This year, like previous years, 20 students will be selected for pursuing a master's degree or a PhD degree from an international university. Students will have to submit all the legitimate documents to be considered for the scholarship. The maximum age for pursuing a doctoral degree is 35 years and for a masters degree, it is 32 years. It is compulsory for all the students applying for the scholarship to have scored at least 55% or equivalent marks in their bachelors and masters degree.

The Ministry of tribal affairs by the government of India offers the national overseas scholarship every year to students from the marginalised sections of the society. These scholarships are awarded to selected students every year for pursuing higher education abroad. The national overseas scholarship for 2024 is now open for registration. Interested students can fill the application form by 31st May, 2024. This year, like previous years, 20 students will be selected for pursuing a master's degree or a PhD degree from an international university. Students will have to submit all the legitimate documents to be considered for the scholarship. The maximum age for pursuing a doctoral degree is 35 years and for a masters degree, it is 32 years. It is compulsory for all the students applying for the scholarship to have scored at least 55% or equivalent marks in their bachelors and masters degree.

Recently, the UGC has released the latest guidelines related to the admission of foreign students in Indian higher education institutes. As per UGC, all Indian institutes can generate a maximum number of 25% extra seats for international students. Also, the seats cannot include students coming under the student exchange programmes or any kind of collaboration with the institute with any other foreign university. In case the seats remain unoccupied, they shouldn't be filled with any other student and should remain vacant. The institutes have to take care of the exact guidelines released by the UGC while generating these seats. The allocation of the seats in technical institutes will be regulated by the respective bodies responsible for the counselling. 

CBSE will conduct board exams twice a year from 2025 onwards. This will be done to eradicate the pressure students have to go through while appearing for the board exams. The Ministry of Education has directed CBSE to make all the needed logistic arrangements for carrying out the board exams twice a year. Currently the planning of introducing a semester system has been rolled out. CBSE will be working on the construction of the curriculum this year and a new academic calendar will be made. Conducting board exams twice a year will give the students an opportunity to improve their performance by analysing their mistakes from the previous attempt. Students will have the liberty to choose the better scoring marks for their final report Card. The academic calendar will have to be structured in a way that students have ample of time between the two sessions of the board exams to prepare well.

Delhi University has officially commenced the registration for its five-year integrated programmes that are BA LLB and BBA LLB. All the interested students can fill the application form on the official website of Delhi University. The deadline to apply for this exam is 25th May, 2024. After the examination form has been submitted, students will not get the option to modify any of their details. It is also compulsory to pay the application fees to successfully submit the application form. The registration fees for general students is INR. 1500 students from reserved categories it is INR 1000 For more information related to eligibility criteria, students can check the official website of Delhi University and then submit their forms.

Delhi University is all set to start its admission process for postgraduate programmes. Interested students can go to the CSAS portal and choose the colleges of their choice. There are a total 13,500 seats for Post graduate programmes across various disciplines and degrees. The BTech programme which is a four year long degree will also fall under the same category. It has around 120 seats for the candidates. The BA LLB and BBA LLB programme, which is a five-year integrated degree, will have a separate admission process. around half of the seats available for PG courses will be offered through the CUET PG scores. Remaining 50% of the seats will be given to students on the basis of merit. Students will have to pay an application fee of INR 250 to register themselves for the admission process of Delhi University.

IIM Sambalpur is inviting candidates for its MBA in fintech programme. This is going to be the first ever fintech program released by any IIM.  This programme will impart all the right skills in the individuals who are looking forward to starting an entrepreneurship career in the field of finance and technology. The programme will help in providing ample of information and education to students in the field of Blockchain, AI, crypto currency and other such fields. The programme is going to be offered in a hybrid mode, which is why the institute is also inviting candidates from Asia and European countries.  Students can submit their application till 25th May, 2024. It is compulsory for all students to have at least 50% marks in their bachelors to be eligible for this programme.

IIM Sambalpur is inviting candidates for its MBA in fintech programme. This is going to be the first ever fintech program released by any IIM.  This programme will impart all the right skills in the individuals who are looking forward to starting an entrepreneurship career in the field of finance and technology. The programme will help in providing ample of information and education to students in the field of Blockchain, AI, crypto currency and other such fields. The programme is going to be offered in a hybrid mode, which is why the institute is also inviting candidates from Asia and European countries.  Students can submit their application till 25th May, 2024. It is compulsory for all students to have at least 50% marks in their bachelors to be eligible for this programme.

IIT Delhi is inviting candidates to apply for its certificate programme in design thinking and innovation. Students interested in the program can apply for the same till 9 May 2024. It is compulsory for all candidates who want to register for the programs to have passed their bachelors degree or at least they must have done a diploma program after completing their high school education. This is going to be a 20 week long course and the classes for the same are going to begin on 12th June. It will consist of around 150 recorded video lectures and 15 assignments. Students will also get to weekly office hours with faculty, three live webinars, and many more such facilities. Students will have to pay a tuition fee of INR 1,00,00 plus GST for this programme 

JEE mains session two results have been announced by NTA. All the students who appeared for the exam can check their results on the official website of JEE. These results are the final results and there is no provision to get it re-checked. Results for both paper 1 and paper 2 have been declared. The provisional answer key for the exam was out on 12th April. Students had the opportunity to submit their grievances by paying a certain fee and getting a particular question rechecked. The final answer key for the examination was released by NTA on 21st April. Through the answer key, candidates can check and calculate their estimated or expected rank as well as percentile. The JEE mains session two took place from 4th April to 14th April. Now that the results are out, students can use the scores to either register themselves for the JEE advance  or directly become a part of the counselling process of various government and private engineering and technological institutes of the country.

The Banaras Hindu University has recently accepted the proposal to offer 14 new scholarships and a new gold medal. All of the scholarships will be based on merit. BHU is also planning to introduce a new research centre and academic unit. A new medal called the Akshaibar and Jogeshwari Giri Medal will be given to the second year MBA student who has scored the highest CGPA. All of these new changes will come into effect from the academic session of 2024 to 2025. The other approved scholarships will be given to students in the field of Biotechnology, Masters in Sanskrit, MFA textile design, plant pathology, physics, instrumental music, and many more. Some of the scholarships will be given to students in the second year of the degree, whereas the others will be given to the students who are yet in their first year of degree. Preference will be given to students with significant academic performance.

As CBSE is on the verge of making a lot of transitions to align itself with NEP 2020, people will be able to see a lot of unexpected changes being made in the curriculum in the coming years. 1 already announced change is the introduction of not one but two languages for classes 11th and 12th. Also, it will be compulsory for classes 9th and 10th to study three languages. However, to make sure that students do not take excessive stress from their studies, different difficulty levels will also be introduced. Previously students had the option for subjects like Math, English, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi to choose the level of difficulty while giving board exams. Now the new idea is to provide a similar liberty to students in other subjects as well. Initially CBSE will introduce two levels and students as per their preference will be able to choose between them. This will help in facilitating better interest of individuals and also providing them with better opportunities.

As CBSE is on the verge of making a lot of transitions to align itself with NEP 2020, people will be able to see a lot of unexpected changes being made in the curriculum in the coming years. 1 already announced change is the introduction of not one but two languages for classes 11th and 12th. Also, it will be compulsory for classes 9th and 10th to study three languages. However, to make sure that students do not take excessive stress from their studies, different difficulty levels will also be introduced. Previously students had the option for subjects like Math, English, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi to choose the level of difficulty while giving board exams. Now the new idea is to provide a similar liberty to students in other subjects as well. Initially CBSE will introduce two levels and students as per their preference will be able to choose between them. This will help in facilitating better interest of individuals and also providing them with better opportunities.

IIT Delhi is offering a five month programme to interested students in the field of robotics. The course will consist of 120 learning hours under which students will learn different aspects of robotics from the best faculty. By introducing this course, the institute wants to ensure leadership and innovation. The programme will cover the fundamental concepts of robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and sensors. Learners will also get to study about the application of robotics in different industries like healthcare, management, manufacturing, and many more. The course will be offering both the technical insights and the management learnings to the candidates. For more information, students can check the official website of IIT Delhi.

The exam city slip for NEET UG has been released by NTA. Students who have registered for the exams can download it from the official website of NEET. The exam city slip carries information about where the examination centre of the student will be located. The examination that will be conducted on 5 May will be available for attemptation in 13 different languages. From this year onwards, all the students who are aspiring to get admissions in military nursing service institutes for an BSC program will also have to qualify NEET. The score for NEET UG scores will be used to get into the four year long BSC nursing program at military nursing institutes. The admit cards that will contain all the peculiar information about the student and their examination centre will be released three days before the examination.