West Bengal JEE 2015: Counselling schedule

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has published the counselling schedule for the West Bengal JEE 2015. The competitive exam is held for admissions to undergraduate level courses in Engineering, Technology, Architecture and Pharmacy. The candidates who clear the WBJEE are eligible for admissions to various universities, government colleges and self-financed institutes across the state.
The counselling schedule for the same is detailed below:
June 30 to July 7 (till 12 pm): Candidates to register online and download the e-challan
June 30 to July 7 (till 5 pm): Candidates to fill-in their choice of college and courses
July 5 to 7: Candidates to lock their choices
July 8: Result of first seat allotment to be declared
July 13: Announcement of vacant seats due to non-reporting or withdrawal of admission by candidates

Government City College, Hyderabad begins admissions for its M.Sc programme

The Government City College, Hyderabad has started the admission process for its Master of Science (M.Sc) programme for the session of 2015. The course is available in the disciplines of Mathematics and Biotechnology. The interested and eligible candidates may apply according to the prescribed format.
Eligibility criteria: 
For M.Sc in Biotechnology: The candidates should have a B.Sc degree in any of these disciplines- Biotechnology, Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Biochemistry or equivalent Life science subjects.
For M.Sc in Mathematics: The candidates should have a B.Sc degree in Mathematics or the subject-related combinations.
Application procedure: The interested and eligible candidates can apply online at the official site of the institute or obtain the application forms from the college.
Here's the list of documents that the candidates need to enclose with their applications:
Original Transfer certificate from the last studied institution

Madrasas across Maharashtra will not be recognised as formal schools

New controversy stirs up as Maharashtra is set to declare around one lakh students in the state as 'out of school children'. The BJP led government has announced that madrasas which do not offer Mathematics, Science and Social Studies will not be recognised as formal schools.
The BJP government has conveyed to the school education department of the state, which is conducting a day long survey on July 4, to determine the number of 'out of school' children in the state, in a letter written by the state's minority affairs department.
The Muslim organisations and opposition parties opposed this decision of the government.
Education minister Vinod Tawde told Indian Express that those students of madrasas who follow proper academic curriculum will not be counted as 'out of school'. Only vedic schools who teach only vedas will be classified as non-schools, as said by Nand Kumar, Maharashtra's Secretary (school education).

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala begins admissions to M.Tech programmes

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala is now accepting applications for admissions into M.Tech courses for the session of 2015. The university is offering the Master of Technology programme Computer Science and Technology for the upcoming academic year. The interested and eligible candidates may apply according to the given format.
Eligibility criteria:
The candidates should have an M.Sc in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Information Technology or any other equivalent degree
The candidates must have a minimum score of 55 percent (45 percent for SC and ST candidates) in their degree
The candidates' qualifying degree should be from an institute or university recognised by Mahatma Gandhi University and  All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Selection procedure: The candidates will be selected on the basis of their score in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). If there is a tie, the candidate with higher marks in his/her qualifying examination will get the higher rank.

Delhi University Admissions 2015: Second cut-off list for Arts stream released

The Delhi University has declared the second cut-off list for its admissions to undergraduate courses, today. The lists for all subjects and courses are now available at the official website, www.du.ac.in.
The first cut-off saw History (Hons) emerging as the most sought after while the Science courses failed to take off in most of the colleges in the varsity. Other colleges such as Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) also witnessed a slight increase in cut-offs for courses like BA, BA (H) English and BA (H) Journalism. While cut-offs for BA have increased from 95.5 to 97, for English Honours and Journalism, they have risen by one percentage point from 97.25 to 98.25 and 96 to 97 per cent, respectively.

Result Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2015 - Announced on 1st July 2015

 Result Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2015 - Announced on 1st July 2015 :Check result at this link:
http://cbseresults.nic.in/jee_main/jee_cbse_2015.htm

JEE Advanced JAC likely to introduce written exam 2017 onwards

The IIT Joint Admission Committee (JAC) is likely to introduce a written section in the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced) in 2017. This written segment will be conducted after the JEE Main and JEE Advanced papers.
This new segment has been proposed in order to curtail the guess work by students and test their actual capabilities and knowledge about the subject. This would require overhauling the existing examination system, however, the JAC supports it as it will help improve the quality of students who clear the exam. Introduction of this third segment will make clearing the exam even more difficult for the candidates.
The committee seeks to introduce the written test as in the multiple-choice question (MCQ) based exams the candidates use guess-work rather than applying their own minds for at least 10 to 15 percent of the questions.