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• SP leader, others booked for using students in protest over UP school merger move

  District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar said 40 students of the primary school in Sikandra village under Aurai block were shifted to a vacant Anganwadi centre in nearby Pilkhani village -- around 800 metres away -- with the consent of their parents.

  

• Class XII boy dies by suicide in Trichy govt model school

  Police identified the deceased as B Yuvaraj, 17, from Vellore district. His body was found by the fellow students and hostel staff on Thursday morning.

  

• School tank found contaminated with herbicide; 4 students fall ill

  One of the two tanks of the school had a high concentration of herbicide and the students noticed unusual odours while washing hands. They alerted their teachers, leading to an investigation.

  

• Bokaro college lacks amenities, DC orders audit

  Jha visited the institute, interacted with the students and found out that the hostels had unhygienic living conditions. The toilets were found damaged and there was an acute crisis of drinking water.

  

• Delhi University issues guidelines for multiple entry-exit option in undergraduate courses under NEP

  The initiative is part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aligned with the Undergraduate Curriculum Framework (UGCF) 2022. According to the notification, students pursuing undergraduate studies at the university will now have the flexibility to exit their programme after completing any even semester and re-enter within a stipulated period.

  

• In gruelling IIT-Kanpur schedule, a ‘vox pop’ for tech students

  As a bridge between faculty, students, alumni, and other stakeholders, Vox Populi offers a platform for tech students to speak their minds and offer an ear to what others have to say. While Vox has existed for a long time as a student journalism body, its web platform was established on Aug 3, 2015.

  

• Teacher faces show-cause as AI tigers visit madrasa campus

  The video was later found to have been created by a teacher of the madrasa. The madrasa issued a show-cause notice on Thursday, after which the teacher claimed it was part of an awareness campaign to educate students about dangers of blindly trusting AI-generated content online.

  

• President to attend 45th convocation of ISM-Dhanbad in Jharkhand

  On Thursday, Murmu attended the inaugural convocation of AIIMS Deoghar, which marked the graduation of the institute's first MBBS batch, admitted in 2019.

  

• Parents protest against school where children made to sit separately over fees

  Parents said that in the year 2017-18, the school management increased the fee for all classes, ranging from 20% to 48%. However, in 2023, the education department noted that this increase was against the norms and the school should take fees as per the set rates of 2016-17. Thereafter, in 2023, the education department instructed the school to refund the fee for students who already paid the increased fee, but the school has not done so yet.

  

• Inquiry against teacher for uploading damaged school rooms on social media

  Jagdish Meena, working as a teacher at the Government Upper Primary School, Sirana in Pali's Rohat area, was directed to explain his actions. He was also summarily transferred to another school in Pali.

  

• Uttar Pradesh: Pairing of schools is not permanent, says minister

  Addressing a press conference, he said that student interest was paramount, pointing out that complaints from certain districts regarding the initiative have been taken seriously, and necessary action taken, including restoring operations in certain schools where required.

  

• Teacher suspended over charge of smoking on school premises

  The suspended teacher, who was working under the Elementary Trained Teacher (ETT) cadre, faced multiple complaints from both parents and panchayat members. According to the formal complaint submitted by the village panchayat, the teacher was repeatedly accused of poor behaviour with students and smoking on the school premises, which reportedly left several students unwilling to attend school.

  

• Veeramangala school in Puttur recognised as best PM-SHRI school in DK

  Dharmendra Pradhan, Union education minister, announced this during the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025 in New Delhi to commemorate five years of NEP-2020. During the event, he announced about 613 Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) best-performing schools, one from each district, 24 best KVS, one from each region, and seven best NVS, one from each region.

  

• NRDC, Doon University forge strategic partnership to drive innovation, commercialisation

  According to a press release by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the ceremony was graced by Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, Governor of Uttarakhand, marking a milestone in academia-industry collaboration in the state.

  

• European universities offer unique courses with innovative pedagogy

  In a candid interview, Hervé Delphin, EU Ambassador to India, emphasises that Indian students choose European universities for their innovative courses, diverse cultures, and urban campus experiences—not merely due to visa hurdles elsewhere. He highlights the Erasmus+ scholarship’s popularity among Indians and the career advantages of learning European languages. Delphin also discusses the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, expected to boost job creation, investment, and mobility for skilled professionals between both regions.

  

• Bangalore University selected as nodal institution for Prime Minister Professorship programme

  The PM Professorship programme is an initiative to boost the research and development (R&D) ecosystem in less-endowed institutions, particularly state universities.

  

• 4.2 lakh govt school kids pursuing vocational education: Delhi Education Minister

  Chairing a Vocational Placement Drive, Employment Fair- 2025-2026, organised by the Education Department at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Rohini, Sood said, "The goal of the Delhi government is that every student is not only ready for school, but also for skill-based education and the challenges of the future."

  

• Extramarks starts rolling out AI education suite across its network of partner schools

  The company claimed to have become first education firm to integrate AI meaningfully across the school ecosystem -- from the classroom to after-school learning. "Extramarks has begun rolling out these features across its network of partner schools," the company said in a statement.

  

• Nitish govt doubles honorariums of cooks, watchmen, health instructors at schools

  "Cooks, night watchmen, and physical education and health instructors have played an important role in strengthening the education system in the state. Keeping this in mind, we have decided to double their honorarium, making a respectable increase in their remuneration," CM Kumar said in a post on X.

  

• Police educate students on human trafficking threats

  The programme was jointly organised by Pragati Gramodyog & Social Welfare Institute and the Prayagraj Police's Anti-Human Trafficking Unit to mark the World Anti-Human Trafficking Week.