Gandhinagar: A clerk of the state Education Department has been suspended after being accused of corruption. Clerk Ashish Bagda was suspended for demanding a bribe in exchange for granting permission for the operation of trust-run colleges. Principal Secretary of the Education Department (Higher & Technical Education), Mukesh Kumar, has ordered an investigation into the matter, with the report to be submitted within one week. It is learned that Ashish Bagda, while serving as a clerk in...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has mandated that government school teachers will have to declare their movable and immovable property. This decision affects more than two and a half lakh teachers in primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools across the state. The Primary Education Regulatory Office has sent a circular to enforce this decision in all districts. The circular requires every government school teacher to declare their property according to the Panchayat Service Conduct ...Read More

Dang: The Dr. Hedgewar Smruti Seva Samiti Trust inaugurated the Shri Govind Guru Suvidha Sankul in Subir, Dang district, today. This centre aims to provide library facilities, career guidance, and support to students in the remote areas of Dang. Students from surrounding villages and local dignitaries attended the event. The complex includes a free library, career guidance, and support centers. The center will offer students preparing for competitive exams access to various books and a quie...Read More

Ahmedabad: Summer vacation in all government universities in Gujarat ended on Sunday. The new academic session begins today, June 24, with UG semesters 3 and 5 and PG semester 3 commencing. However, education experts doubt that the UG and PG semester 1 sessions may not begin on June 26 as proposed in the Academic Calendar due to delays in the common admission process through the Gujarat Common Admission Service (GCAS). As per the Academic Calendar, the new academic session for Gujarat Univers...Read More

અમદાવાદ:  મુખ્યમંત્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલ આગામી 9 માર્ચે અંદાજિત ₹1500 કરોડની નમો લક્ષ્મી યોજના અને નમો સરસ્વતી વિજ્ઞાન સાધના યોજનાઓનો પ્રારંભ અમદાવાદની જ્ઞાનદા ગર્લ્સ હાઇસ્કૂલથી કરશે. નમો લક્ષ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The education department of the Gujarat government has announced the salary raise for teachers appointed on a fixed-pay basis in the state's secondary and higher secondary schools. The increase in the salaries ranges from Rs 4,876 to Rs 11,510 per month. This salary adjustment will come into effect from October 2023, benefiting a total of 6,668 teachers. As per the government order, teachers on fixed pay, initially earning Rs 16,224, will now receive Rs 21,100. Those with previou...Read More

Ahmedabad:  The District Education Officer, in a measure to support the mental well-being of students preparing for class 10th and 12th board examinations, has introduced a 24x7 “Saarthi Helpline Number: 9909922648” on WhatsApp. This helpline will address academic studies, exam-related concerns, subject confusion, and strategies to tackle exam challenges for board students. Alongside the helpline, a district control room has been set up to address specific queries related to board examin...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat's state education department has decided to terminate its policy of determining government grant allocations to grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools based on yearly academic results. Teachers and administrations of grant-in-aid schools had been urging the elimination of this policy, asserting that it did not align with the best interests of the students. State Education Minister Kuber Dindor communicated this decision via a tweet, following an extensive mee...Read More

Chhota Udepur: Following a recent visit to Chhota Udepur district for the Shala Praveshotsav, Dhaval Patel, an IAS officer from the 2008 batch, expressed his concern over the low standard of education observed during his inspection of schools in the district. In a letter addressed to Education Secretary Vinod Rao, Patel said that providing such inadequate education to underprivileged tribal children amounts to injustice. In the letter, Patel further said that we are ensuring that tribal child...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Ministry of Education of the Union government released the 2023 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on Monday. It is a system that evaluates educational institutions based on different criteria. This year brought positive outcomes for institutions in Gujarat, as many of them improved their rankings compared to 2022. and three top institutes in the state managed to secure a position in the Top 10 rankings within their respective categories. IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) main...Read More