John Brumfield

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Exam dates for JEE April 2019 exam released; Admit cards to follow soon

The finalized dates for the JEE Main 2019 April exam have been released by the National Testing Agency. According to the official notification which is available on the official website -- jeemain.nic.in -- the exam will be held between April 07, 2019, to April 20, 2019. “Since Election Commission of India has declared the dates for General Election on 11th, 18th, 23rd and 29th April 2019 as well as on 6th, 12th and 19th May 2019. Accordingly, the Dates for the JEE (Main) April 2019 is hereby announced as under: Paper-2 (B.Arch./B.Planning) will be held on April 7, 2019; and Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech) will be conducted on April 8, 9, 10 and 12,” reads the official notification. NTA has also announced the date from which admit cards will be available for download from the official website -- March 20, 2019. Students who have applied for the exam will be able to check their official exam date and venue from their respective admit cards. For more details regarding the exam, candidates are advised to visit the official portal from time to time.

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IIT-Madras released final answer key for the GATE 2019 exam

The final answer key for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2019 exam has been released by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Candidates can visit the official website of the institute and download the answer key for the exam. The official website for the GATE exam is -- gate.iitm.ac.in. The GATE 2019 exam was conducted by IIT-M on February 2,3 and 9,10 on various test centers scattered throughout the nation and abroad. Earlier, the institute had released the answer key on February 19, 2019 and candidates were given a chance to challenge the answer key until February 22, 2019. The final results of the exam will be declared on March 16 and the window to download the admit card will remain available from March 20 to May 31, 2019 from the GOAPS portal. Steps to download the final answer key for GATE 2019 exam Visit the official site of the GATE as mentioned aboveOn the homepage, click on the link which says ‘GATE 2019 Question Papers and Final Answer Keys after the Contest’This will open a new page containing links of the answer keys for all the GATE examsClick on the desired link to view the final answer key. The question paper is also available on the official website.

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NTA to conduct JNUEE 2019 exam; Registrations will commence from tomorrow

For the first time, Jawaharlal Nehru University will be conducting its entrance exam online. The exam is scheduled to be held in May and registration process for the same will commence from March 15, 2019. The entrance exam will be a traditional objective type (MCQ based) exam. The registration process for the JNU entrance exam 2019-20 will be completely online and National Testing Agency will release the e-prospectus regarding the same. Registration window will remain open until April 15, 2019 and candidates will be given a brief window of 2 days i.e. from April 17 to April 19 to make corrections in the application form. The entrance exam is scheduled to be held from May 27 to May 30 and admit cards for the same will be made available to the candidates in due time on the official website of the university. This year, the university will take a total of 3,383 in all of its programs of which 1,043 will be for the M.Phil and Ph.D. courses. “JNU would be adopting digitalization in its entrance examination process in line with major academic institutions and central universities such as IIT, BHU, Delhi University, Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET),” the officials said. “In order to increase its outreach among the student fraternity, JNU entrance examination would be conducted in 127 cities across India, which is a two-and-a-half fold increase from past years' number of cities,” the officials added.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Centre For Women Studies: UGC issued special guidelines for setting up the centers

A set of guidelines has been released by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for setting up Centre for Women Studies in colleges and universities and the commission has also invited proposals for the same. According to a senior UGC official, "Women studies centers will a have special focus on most marginalized and disadvantaged women in the society. These include women from Schedule Caste and Tribes, women with disabilities, women living in unsafe environments, among others." "A women study centre must pursue a comprehensive, critical and balanced understanding of India's socio-economic realities and governance. Its main components include women’s contribution to society and social processes and their perception of their own lives, the broader social reality and their struggles and aspirations," the official said. These centers will highly focus on the importance of women in the social and global perspective and will develop a curriculum which will focus on the needs of the Indian women inclusive of the society. The center will also suggest methods to build an environment which will help women take more decisive and leadership based roles is diverse sectors. "The centers will be monitored and evaluated periodically by the UGC. Every year, the head of the centre will present a report on the working of the centre to its advisory committee and then submit it to the UGC with minutes or comments of the members. The report will describe achievements and actions taken and will have both quantitative as well as qualitative information," the official said. These centers will be evaluated on the following parameters: TeachingResearchExtension activitiesSeminarsWorkshopsSpecial lecturesField action projects and action researchDocumentation and archive on womenPartnership with other UGC centers and non-UGC centersGovernment schemes and NGOs. "We have sought proposals for setting up of new centers while the existing centers will have to give concurrence in the prescribed format to comply with the new guidelines," the official said.

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No final decision by the panel on the fate of the 108 Matric Examinees In Odisha

The fate of the 108 students still hangs in balance as the examination committee set up by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) failed to take any final decision about the missing 108 answer sheets of the matriculation examination in Odisha. The committee also failed to take a final call on the fate of another 500 students whose English paper was canceled as a large number of students were found practicing unfair means during the examination. All students belong to class 10th. "Although, the members of the examination committee discussed at length about certain other aspects of the Matriculation examination, they could not arrive at a final decision on the fate of the 108 students, whose answer sheets are still untraceable", BSE secretary Ramshis Hazra said. It was reported that the answer sheets of 108 students had gone missing under unknown circumstances. All the students had appeared for the exam at government-run Podia SSD High School in Malkangiri district . “Similarly, discussions on the fate of another 500 students also remained inconclusive,” Hazra said. The examination committee is expected to take a final call on the two cases very shortly.

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DU sets up special control room before Holi celebrations

As the festival of colors approaches, Delhi University is taking special measures to address any complaints of the students. For this purpose, the university has set up a special and dedicated control room in north and south campus and has urged the students to not to play Holi in a rowdy manner with wet colors, balloons and pistons in any of the University’s campus premises. The university has made clear that any students who will indulge in any form of harassment on the festival day would be punished under the anti-ragging and anti-eve-teasing provisions. "The principals, head of the departments and Provost of halls and hostels may form committees of teachers, students and ''karamcharis'' to prevent the entry of outsiders into the colleges and departments. Security guards should be posted at the gates to check the identity cards of visitors and students," the varsity said. “Control rooms jointly manned by Delhi Police and DTC authorities and the university officials at North and South Campus would function to deal with any untoward incident,” added the varsity. "All are requested to desist from playing of Holi in a rowdy manner and with wet colours/ balloons/ pistons in any educational institution. Entry to colleges/ departments/ centers/ halls/ hostels would be regulated through identity cards during the festival days," the advisory said. Along with all the cautionary measures, the university has also instructed principals, Dean of Faculties, head of the departments to remain available in case any incident happens on the premises. In case they were to leave the institution, another senior person should be deputed to fill in their absence, the university added. DU has also approached DTC and metro authorities regarding the safety concerns of the girl students during the holi week. "DTC drivers have been instructed to take the buses to the nearest police station in case any hooliganism or harassment of students is noticed in the buses, especially any incident targeted at girls," the varsity said.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Gujarat CET (GUJCET) 2019 dates postponed ahead of the Lok Sabha elections

After the announcement of the dates for the general elections, it is expected that the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will reschedule the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET 2019) to avoid a clash with the election dates. The revised schedule will be released by the Gujarat board on the official website -- gujcet.gseb.org. Earlier, the board had rescheduled its exam which were due on March 28 and on April 4, 2019 to avoid a clash with the CBSE 2019 exams. About GUJCET 2019 GUJCET is an entrance exam to shortlist the candidates for admissions in engineering, degree and diploma pharmacy coursesThe exam is based on the third and fourth semester curriculum followed by the Gujarat board for class 12 examsThe exam is an MCQ type and contains questions from chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. The dates of the Kerala Engineering, Architecture and Medical and Pharmacy Courses (KEAM-2019) are also clashing with the Lok Sabha elections and the same are also expected to be re-scheduled across all the centers.

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