Delhi Govt. Plans Free NEET/JEE Coaching for Students

Cracking NEET and JEE are the primary aim of most school students in India. So much is the competition that they cannot do without a rigorous training at pricy coaching institutions that have mushroomed all over the country. However, not all can afford it, specially students studying in government schools. To bring them on par with private school students, the Delhi Govt. has thought of giving them free coaching for NEET and IIT/JEE, reports the…

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Gvt. Planning To Conduct JEE, NEET Again in December

Every year lakhs of students sit for the JEE and NEET exams. Their future hangs on a tight rope as it comes once a year. Hence, flunking once means a loss of a year. However, the pressure will ease out as the Government is mulling over a bi-annual mode of exam. What is it? The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) might be conducted twice a year. With lakhs of students…

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‘Top-ranked’ IIT Madras is Fifth Choice for JEE Toppers this Year

Flying in the face of a MHRD ranking of national engineering colleges that placed IIT Madras at the top, more than 60% of the top 1,000 rankers of JEE Advanced 2016 have chosen IIT Bombay, DELHI, Kanpur and Kharagpur. IIT Madras ranks at number 5 for the top rankers in the JEE Advanced with only 103 takers.  Last year too, 103 students opted for IIT Madras among the top 1,000 rankers. The MHRD under its…

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CBSE Issues Advisory To Schools To Use NCERT Textbooks

Central Board of Secondary Education has put up an advisory to schools affiliated to it to use the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books for all classes. CBSE has received reports and complaints from parents that they were pressurised by schools to buy an excessive number of textbooks published by others. Calling prescription of too many books and coercing parents and children to buy the same as unhealthy, the board reiterated that…

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