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Heena Kausar

Heena Kausar

Heena Kausar covers schools, universities and student politics in Delhi. A journalist for five years, she started her career in Kashmir and has closely tracked the entry of Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi’s political space.

Articles by Heena Kausar

DU admissions 2018: 110% jump in women students taken for 2-year MBA course at FMS

Last year, 18% of the students in Delhi University’s two-year MBA full-time course at Faculty Management Studies were women and this year it is 38%.

Updated on Jul 18, 2018 09:32 IST

Jamia women’s hostel form tells students to refrain from protests

Jamia Milia University Building pictures . The university has imposed a curfew at 9pm for female students residing in the hostels.

Updated on Jun 29, 2018 03:24 IST

Steep cut-offs make it tough to bag DU seat, students below 90% may not get admission into popular courses

Delhi University aspirants standing in long queues to get admission for the new academic session 2018-19 at Hindu College in New Delhi.

Updated on Jun 23, 2018 09:59 IST

Steep cut-offs make it tough to bag DU seat, students below 90% may not get admission into popular courses

Delhi University aspirants standing in long queues to get admission for the new academic session 2018-19 at Hindu College in New Delhi.

Updated on Jun 23, 2018 09:57 IST

Students of DU vocational courses can opt out after completing first, second year with degrees

The Bachelor of Vocational Degree (B Voc) programme is currently being offered at three DU colleges.

Updated on Jun 16, 2018 04:10 IST

DU admission 2018: Entrance test clash with sports trial irks students

DU admission 2018: DU will conduct a joint admission test on June 22. The university is also starting its sports trials on the same day.

Updated on Jun 23, 2018 10:28 IST

St Stephen’s College raises cut-offs in humanities courses, slight dip in science

St.Stephen's College at Delhi University in New Delhi.

Updated on Jun 11, 2018 18:33 IST

DU admission 2018: At minority colleges, a slight difference in admission process

DU admission 2018: Students applying to the four Sikh minority colleges, need not fill in a separate form. They have to fill the central registration form and choose the colleges as top priority ones.

Updated on Jun 23, 2018 10:30 IST

CBSE Class 12 result 2018: Despite re-test, pass percentage in economics improves

A CBSE official said that the number of students scoring 100 marks in economics paper this year is 1,659.

Updated on May 27, 2018 09:23 IST

CBSE Class 12 result 2018: Students scoring 95% or above soars in India

The number of students scoring 90% and above this year is 72,599, which is an increase of almost 19,000 from last year, according to information shared by the board.

Updated on May 27, 2018 06:09 IST

CBSE Class 12 topper Meghna Srivastava scores 499 out of 500

CBSE Class 12 topper Meghna Srivastava of humanities stream scored 499 marks out of 500.

Updated on May 26, 2018 13:44 IST

CBSE 12th result 2018 declared, 83.01% students pass

Meritorious students of St Joseph`s school celebrate their success in CBSE class12th exams in Bhopal, India, on Saturday, May 26.

Updated on May 26, 2018 10:04 IST

DU admission process for 2018-19 session starts, online registration from May 15

Delhi University officials said they would upload the information bulletin on the website, www. du.ac.in.

Updated on May 10, 2018 18:22 IST

CBSE says ‘special strategy’ in place to avoid leaks as Class 12 students appear for Economics retest

Students go through a last-minute revision for their CBSE board examination, in Noida. Class 12 students are appearing for a retest of the economics paper after the board admitted that questions had been leaked ahead of the exam.

Updated on Apr 25, 2018 04:20 IST

Delhi govt and private schools to be graded based on academics, infrastructure

The entry point for school education in the Delhi is nursery admission, which is a highly competitive process with most parents in the city struggling to secure a seat in a few schools of their choice.

Updated on Apr 6, 2018 03:43 IST

DU gives in-principle nod to names for governing bodies of Delhi govt-funded colleges

Delhi University has given ‘in principle’ approval to names of experts sent by Delhi government for constituting governing bodies (GB) in 28 colleges funded by it,

Updated on Mar 8, 2018 17:48 IST

CBSE helpline gets queries on break-ups, memory loss, ill-treatment by parents

Out of 6,428 calls received on the CBSE helpline, about 4,322 are queries regarding forms, spelling mistakes, and downloading sample papers. The remaining 2,106 calls are counselling-related and are handled by trained counsellors.

Updated on Feb 26, 2018 07:06 IST

‘World is watching Delhi set low standards’: Sheila Dikshit on chief secretary row

Former CM Sheila Dikshit blames Delhi government for ‘collapse of institutions’.

Updated on Feb 21, 2018 09:56 IST

DU may limit cutoff lists to five, remaining seats to be filled by counselling

Officials said the proposal was discussed in the committee meeting last week .

Updated on Feb 19, 2018 03:12 IST

Class 10 pre-board exams: Teachers in 120 govt schools given notice over poor results

Education minister Manish Sisodia has asked education department officials to compile a list of 10 worst performing schools in each zone after reviewing midterm and pre-board results.

Updated on Feb 16, 2018 06:40 IST

DU asks colleges to hold elections for forming internal complaints committee

The university noted that the composition of the college complaints committee and gender sensitisation committee is not in accordance with the guidelines in many colleges.

Updated on Feb 12, 2018 18:23 IST

Delhi government to introduce daily ‘happiness’ classes in schools

As part of the curriculum, teachers will create a situation where students can talk about feelings of students on issues such as peer pressure, exam pressure, expectation from family and bullying.

Updated on Feb 7, 2018 18:21 IST

DU admissions: Colleges to appoint forensic teams to check forged certificates

A 47-member admission committee, appointed by the vice-chancellor, has recommended that all 63 affiliated colleges, which will start undergraduate admission process in June, appoint a forensic committee.

Updated on Feb 6, 2018 08:10 IST

Delhi to scrap old vehicles by end of 2018: Five things you need to know

Under the ‘Delhi Scrapping of Vehicles Rules, 2018’ all impounding vehicles, including two-wheelers, will be sent to empanelled scrap dealers for dismantling

Updated on Feb 5, 2018 04:46 IST

Delhi govt will hire 40 CAs to audit records of 1,700 private schools

Delhi government will engage 40 charted accountants (CAs) to carry out auditing of about 1,700 private schools’ financial statements of last three years.

Updated on Jan 27, 2018 17:04 IST

Traffic jams likely in Delhi over restrictions for ASEAN summit today

A cyclist rides past an ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit billboard the side of the road in New Delhi, India, January 23, 2018.

Updated on Jan 25, 2018 07:31 IST

JNU makes 75% attendance mandatory for all courses, students to hold protest

The decision was taken by a committee constituted to frame guidelines on attendance system.

Updated on Jan 13, 2018 04:11 IST

Jamia students to paint mural at Metro station to depict varsity’s history

One of the walls at the Jamia Millia Islamia Metro Station will display a mural painted by the students and teachers of the university to depict the evolution of the institute that was originally established in 1920 at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.

Updated on Dec 29, 2017 18:32 IST

Parents cry foul after school asks EWS students to pay fees

Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which was implemented in Delhi in 2011, all private schools were asked to admit students from EWS background on 25% of their seats. But a Supreme Court judgment exempted minority institutes from the ambit of the RTE in 2014.

Updated on Dec 28, 2017 13:56 IST

Nursery admission rules for EWS category in January second week

All private unaided recognised schools ,except for minority institutions, have to keep 25% of their total seats reserved for EWS category under the Right to Education (RTE).

Updated on Dec 27, 2017 18:47 IST

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