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  Education Ministry directs IITs, NITs to postpone offline exams

  Education | May 04, 2021 11:11 IST

  The decision to conduct offline exams will again be reviewed in the first week of June, the letter by Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare mentioned

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  Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tests COVID positive

  News | April 21, 2021 18:00 IST

  Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tested positive for COVID-19 on April 21. Pokhriyal, took to Twitter to announce that he has been tested positive for the virus.

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  Former Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Chaudhary passes away due to Covid 19

  India | April 19, 2021 11:21 IST

  JDU MLA and Former Education Minister Bihar Mewalal Chaudhary succumbed to Covid 19 on Monday morning

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  Kerala Higher Education minister KT Jaleel resigns days after indicted by Lokayukta

  India | April 13, 2021 14:47 IST

  Jaleel has sent his resignation to the Chief Minister and it has been forwarded to the Governor, sources in the Chief Minister's office told PTI.

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  Chamoli disaster: Difficult situation, but ITBP successfully rescued people from 1st tunnel, says Pokhriyal

  News | February 08, 2021 14:51 IST

  Union Minister for Education, and former chief minister of Uttarakhand, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank visited Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli where a flash flood triggered due to glacier burst on February 07.

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  JNVs can resume for classes 10, 12 in states where schools allowed to reopen: Education Ministry

  Education | February 04, 2021 9:40 IST

  Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas can resume for Classes 10 and 12 in the states which have allowed schools to reopen, the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday.

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  JEE Main 2021: 75% eligibility criteria waived off for academic year 2021-22

  Education | January 19, 2021 15:20 IST

  Ministry of Education on Tuesday decided to waive off 75% marks eligibility criteria under JEE (Main) for the academic year 2021-2022 in respect of NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other CFTIs, whose admissions are based on JEE (Main).

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  NEET 2021: When will the medical entrance exam be held? Here's what Education Minister said

  Higher Studies | January 10, 2021 23:16 IST

  NEET aspirants are eagerly awaiting the schedule of the medical entrance exam. Some took to social media to request Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank that the exam, usually held once a year, be conducted twice amid the pandemic.

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  Karnataka Education Minister chases KSRTC bus over refusal to pick school students

  India | January 10, 2021 8:14 IST

  On seeing the KSRTC bus refusing to pick up school-going children at a roadside stop despite their request, the minister, who was on the way to visit Madhugiri in Tumakuru district, chased the bus and blocked it on the state highway near the IK Colony

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  JEE Advanced 2021 to be conducted on 3rd July 2021, announces Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

  News | January 07, 2021 18:37 IST

  Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Thursday announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 examination date and the eligibility criteria for admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) today.

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  Reopening of schools will depend on availability of vaccines: Manish Sisodia

  News | January 06, 2021 18:46 IST

  Delhi's Education Minister Manish Sisodia on January 06 informed that state governments strategy on reopening schools will depend on how early vaccines are available for public.

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  Assam board Class 10, 12 exams to be held in May: Education Minister

  Education | January 02, 2021 22:10 IST

  The matric examination of the state board in Assam will begin from May 11, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

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  Schools can only charge tuition fees after reopening: Rajasthan Education Minister

  News | December 18, 2020 23:14 IST

  Rajasthan Education Minister informed on December 18 said that schools can only charge tuition fees after the reopening.

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  CBSE Class 10, 12 exams date: Education minister to interact with teachers on Dec 22

  Education | December 17, 2020 16:17 IST

  Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank took to his Twitter handle to announce that his virtual interaction with teachers, which was earlier scheduled to be held today, will now be held on December 22 at 4 PM.

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  Bihar Education Minister Mevalal Chaudhary resigns

  News | November 19, 2020 19:08 IST

  Education Minister of Bihar Mevalal Chaudhary resigned amid corruption allegations. JD(U) leader tendered resignation just three days after taking oath as cabinet minister.

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  Ramesh Pokhriyal to launch AICTE’s Lilavati Award 2020 today

  Education | November 17, 2020 12:05 IST

  AICTE of India has shared the messages on Twitter, “Hon'ble Minister of #Education, Shri @DrRPNishank would be launching ‘#AICTE's Lilavati Award 2020 – Creating Better Society for #women in India' on 17th November 2020 at 5 PM”.

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  Schools' alternative academic calendar for next 8 weeks launched by Education Ministry

  Education | September 15, 2020 20:57 IST

  Taking in view that schools continued to remain closed due to pandemic, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday released an alternative academic calendar for secondary classes for the next eight weeks (two months).

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  NEET 2020: 14.37 lakh students out of 15.97 who registered attempted exam

  Education | September 14, 2020 20:25 IST

  Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank a day after NEET 2020 was conducted shared the information that out of 15.97 lakh registered candidates, 14.37 lakh students appeared in NEET examinations. Some people were raising questions over the conduct of the examinations but we knew that students didn't want one year to go waste.

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  'Covid fees' in private schools strange, action will be taken: Karnataka Minister

  News | September 11, 2020 18:18 IST

  Speaking on the private schools planning to charge COVID fees in Karnataka when the schools reopen, state Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on September 11 stated that the government will take adequate actions against it.

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  Delhi govt takes back permission of fee hike from Sanskriti School

  Politics | September 10, 2020 20:41 IST

  Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on September 09 informed that Kejriwal Government has decided to take back the permission of increasing fees from Sanskriti School.