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Teachers boycott HSC answersheet assessment

Around 1,500 teachers from Aurangabad, who were assigned the task of assessing HSC answer sheets, have sent back the same to the board and have refused to do assessment work as the government has fail

10 Mar 2016 1:16 AM

ICAI considers new format for better CAs

The new Board of Studies for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has decided to revamp the training and academic programme being offered by the institute for students over the three-year c

07 Mar 2016 1:13 AM

Vinod Tawde refutes charges over second shift

Education minister Vinod Tawde has refuted allegations made by the vice-principal of a government-run polytechnic in Bandra (east) of second shifts being shut down in polytechnics so that students are

05 Mar 2016 1:47 AM

Colleges to send parents records of wards’ attendance

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has asked all its affiliated engineering colleges, polytechnics and ITIs to start sending regular attendance updates of students to their parents through a

04 Mar 2016 1:22 AM

636 HSC copying cases detected

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has detected 636 copying cases during the ongoing HSC exams, which are being conducted in the nine divisions of the bo

03 Mar 2016 1:43 AM

School buses to join statewide strike on March 8

The School Bus Owners Association (SBOA) has said that it will be supporting the statewide strike called by bus owners association on March 8.

29 Feb 2016 3:00 AM

In pursuit of a place to rest in peace

Manager Assad Askari of the Irani Shia Ithna Ashari Trust that maintains Rehmatabad points to the filled-to-capacity graveyard that houses almost five to six deceased in each grave. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

28 Feb 2016 1:49 AM

Shia leader Athar passes away at 79

Maulana Mirza Mohammad Athar, the man who held the record for imparting Moharrum sermons for 57 successive years at the Masjid e Iranian in South Mumbai, passed away Friday afternoon after suffering f

27 Feb 2016 2:03 AM

Surprise checks to nail bogus law colleges

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to conduct surprise inspections of law colleges across the country after it came to light that many colleges were functioning illegally.

26 Feb 2016 1:34 AM

Late Maharashtra board to crack the whip

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has asked exam centres to not allow latecomers to sit for the exam without the permission of the divisional board offi

26 Feb 2016 1:31 AM

‘Unused mobile library a waste of funds’

A former senate member of the University of Mumbai has criticised the varsity’s proposal to invest in an aircraft for a new course in aviation while its previous investments are gathering dust.

22 Feb 2016 1:21 AM

Performing colleges to get 3-year approval

In a bid to make engineering colleges improve their standards and performance, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced that approval for three years will be given to perfor

22 Feb 2016 1:17 AM

Teachers to agitate from Thursday

The Maharashtra State Federation of Junior College Teachers’ Organisation (MSFJCTO) has started their “go slow” agitation from Thursday, where they will assess only one HSC answer paper per day.

20 Feb 2016 1:25 AM

Autorickshaws bring in HSC papers

While the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board exam conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary of Education passed off without any major snags, the principals of colleg

19 Feb 2016 1:36 AM

Probe be death of girls in Russia: Families

Family members of one of the victims, Pooja Kallur, break down at her residence in Seawoods in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

18 Feb 2016 6:10 AM

2 Indian medical students die in Russia

Two girls from Maharashtra who were studying medicine in the Smolensk State Medical University in Russia died due to suffocation after they were trapped in their room when a fire broke out in their ho

16 Feb 2016 6:53 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at the inauguration of Make in India Week in Mumbai at Worli. (Photo: Asian Age)

PM Narendra Modi kicks off Make in India summit

The much-awaited Make in India summit, which seeks to encourage investors and companies to invest and get products manufactured in the country, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a spe

14 Feb 2016 5:57 AM

MC upset with MU over approval to buy aircraft

The management council (MC) of the University of Mumbai has asked university authorities to clarify how the approval for buying of an aircraft has been ascribed to them when the discussion during its

13 Feb 2016 1:20 AM

Studied Arts, Commerce Forget about architecture

A recent decision by the Council of Architecture will make admissions to the course out of reach for students from the arts and commerce stream as the council has made mathematics, physics and chemist

13 Feb 2016 12:51 AM

Tepid response to test has schools worried

The government’s ambitious initiative to conduct the Competitiveness or Kal Chachani test for SSC students is creating a new problem, for students have failed to turn up for the same.

11 Feb 2016 2:10 AM

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