New Delhi: In the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities and in the meeting of the Council of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities held recently, it was decided that the Common Entrance Examination should test the general and subject-related aptitude through a single examination and should be held both in English and Hindi.

Knoxville: Middle school students who are more physically fit make better grades and outperform their classmates on standardized tests, according to a recently published study from a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

New Delhi: Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said that in March 2008 Ministry of Culture had released a corpus grant of Rs.2 crores for establishing the Bahadur Shah Zafar Chair in IGNOU.

New Delhi: As per directions of Reserve Bank of India, with effect from 1st July, 2010, banks are required to price their loan products including education loans linked with the base rates approved by their respective Boards.

New Delhi: Government of India has proposed to set up one National Institute of Paramedical Sciences (NIPS) at Najafgarh (Delhi) and eight Regional Institutes of Paramedical Sciences (RIPS) at Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Chandigarh (UT), Coimbatore (Tamilnadu), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and one location in Bihar.

New Delhi: At present, there are 145 private universities in the country. State-wise list is available at the University Grants Commission (UGC) website Ugc.ac.in.