Bhubaneswar, 19/08/2025:The World Skill Center, Odisha’s premier skill development institution under the Skilled-In-Odisha vision, has announced the opening of online applications for its September 2025 session. The last date to apply is 1st September 2025, and eligible candidates will be selected through an online entrance test. World Skill Center offers seven advanced one-year diploma programs across two departments: the School ...

Bhubaneswar, August 19:The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with the Odisha Model Tribal Education Society (OMTES) of the ST & SC Development Department, has launched a four-day Induction-cum-Capacity Building Workshop for hostel wardens of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) across Odisha. The program, being held from 19th ...

Bhubaneswar: 19/8/25: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Higher Education Department and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) on 9th June to introduce various IGNOU courses in Odia. As per the MoU, IGNOU’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, along with postgraduate diplomas,  certificate courses, Bachelor of Vocational Studies, Travel and Tourism Management, BBA, MBA, and several other programmes ...

Newdelhi:17/8/25:Union Minister for Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, visited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi today, where he interacted with undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, as well as innovators and researchers. Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Dr. Vineet Joshi; Director, IIT Delhi, Prof. Rangan Bannerjee; and senior officials of the Ministry of Education and IIT Delhi were present on the ...

Bhubaneswar, 16th August 2025:As part of the ongoing “Aasa School Jiba” campaign for the academic year 2025–26, special Parent-Teacher and School Management & Development Committee meetings were organized across the state The meetings focused on bringing out-of-school children back into the mainstream of education, enrolling them in age-appropriate classes, and ensuring that students continue their schooling without dropping out. Discussions ...

Newdelhi:9/8/25:Shri V. Vualnam, Secretary, Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, presided over the Foundation Day of the Indian Cost Accounts Service under Department of Expenditure, in New Delhi, today.  The theme for this year’s celebration was ‘ICoAS in SAM@₹TH भारत’, underscoring the pivotal role of ICoAS officers in contributing towards the vision of Viksit Bharat. In his keynote address, ...

Newdelhi:7/8/25:Chapters on the lives and sacrifices of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, and Major Somnath Sharma have been added to the NCERT syllabus in this academic year, in Class VIII (Urdu), Class VII (Urdu), and Class VIII (English), respectively. The newly introduced chapters aim to provide students with inspirational narratives of courage and duty. Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, ...

Newdelhi:5/8/25:National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), a statutory institute under the NIFT Act, 2006, and set up by the Ministry of Textiles, actively supports the research and academic advancement in the textile and apparel sectors. It conducts Ph.D. programmes and provides financial support to full-time research scholars through the Teaching Fellowship. This includes a monthly stipend, contingency grant, and HRA ...

Newdelhi:4/8/25:Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s flagship initiative, Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC), which has been successfully organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with MyGov since 2018, has been conferred with the Guinness World Record for the “Most people registered on a Citizen Engagement Platform in one month.” This recognition celebrates the unprecedented achievement of 3.53 crore valid registrations received during the 8th edition of ...

Newdelhi:3/8/25:The NEET PG 2025 exam will be held today. Nearly two lakh 50 thousand medical graduates will appear for the test in a single shift from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. The exam, conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), will be held as a computer-based test for admission to MD/MS and other postgraduate medical courses. ...