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Education Notes

ANDHRA PRADESH “Industry demands are secondary and tertiary already hosts the Indian
Bifurcation quota rapidly changing… there is — that are affecting the School of Business, Plak-
ended the new emergence of AI mental health and well- sha University, among
being of students, faculty
others. An official sign-
and focus on sustainabil-
Anantapur, may 15. The ity. The exercise for this and staff of the institute. ing ceremony attended
state government has revamp began in 2022. It will also identify the by representatives from
amended rules for admis- Over the past few years, key challenges that hinder both partner institutions
sion into higher education we have taken extensive the resolution of mental was staged at the Bedford
institutions statewide, by stakeholder feedback. We health issues on campus,” School campus in the UK
abolishing the 15 percent have been talking to our says an official statement in April.
non-local reservation ap- alumni, students… our issued by the IIT-Kgp
propriating this quota for faculty are involved with management. GUJARAT
students domiciled in the industry and society. We NID-Pathshala
state. Starting from the have tried to incorporate PUNJAB
academic year 2025-26, flexibility to make the cur- Bedford Girls, Mohali divorce
students from other states, riculum more exciting for Ahmedabad, may 20. The
including Telangana, can- students.” Mohali, may 21. Bedford National Institute of
not avail admission under The curriculum com- School (estb.1552), one Design (NID), an autono-
the non-local quota. mittee extensively studied of the oldest and most mous institute under the
With this amendment, the syllabuses of Stanford respected British private Union ministry of com-
admission into engineer- University; Massachusetts schools, is set to inaugu- merce and industry, an-
ing, technology, pharmacy, Institute of Technology rate its first international nounced termination of its
architecture, business (MIT); Cambridge Univer- campus in Mohali on the collaboration agreement
administration, com- sity; Harvey Mudd College, periphery of Chandigarh. with the Dhaka-based
puter applications, law, California; Rose-Hulman Slated to begin opera- Pathshala South Asian
education and physical Institute of Technology, tions in April 2026, this Media Institute, said an
education college courses Indiana; besides IIT- exclusively girls school NID official.
will be fully reserved for Bombay, Gandhinagar will admit students aged This decision is
Andhra Pradesh domiciled and Hyderabad, prior to 4-18 years, providing day reportedly prompted by
students. finalising the new IIT- and boarding options. the Union government
Prior to this amend- Delhi syllabus/curriculum, Academically, the school restricting shipments of
ment, the state followed a added Banerjee. will offer a dual curricu- readymade garments from
common admission pro- lum — an Indian national Bangladesh only through
cess, under which 15 per- WEST BENGAL curriculum together with Kolkata and Nhava Sheva
cent seats were reserved IIT-Kgp wellness a British curriculum path- (near Mumbai) sea ports
for students from Telan- way — designed to foster and barring imports of a
gana under the non-local initiative global readiness among range of consumer goods
quota for 10 years follow- Kolkata, may 10. After four young learners, says a through land transit posts
ing bifurcation of united suicides were reported Bedford media release. in the Northeast. New
Andhra Pradesh in 2014. from its hostels in less than This initiative is the Delhi’s decision was in
This period of ten years a year, the IIT-Kharagpur outcome of a strategic response to import curbs
ended last June (2024). management has set up a partnership signed be- imposed by Dhaka on
ten-member committee tween Bedford School, UK several Indian products in
DELHI to recommend ways and and the Doon Internation- April.
IIT-D curriculum means to ensure the men- al Education Society, sup- NID remains commit-
tal well-being of students. ported by ISC Research, ted to prioritising national
revamp Comprising psychologists, a UK-based international interests and upholding
Delhi, may 27. After 12 legal experts, former police schools development its institutional values
years a 15-member com- personnel, educationists, organisation. and responsibilities and
mittee of IIT-Delhi has counsellors, and alumni, The management’s will continue to support
completely revamped its the committee is expected decision to establish the decisions taken by the gov-
curriculum. to submit its report within school in Mohali aligns ernment, added the NID
Addressing a press three months. with the city’s emergence spokesperson.
conference, IIT-D Direc- “The committee will as- as a rising education and Paromita Sengupta with bureau
tor Rangan Banerjee said: sess the factors — primary, technology hub. Mohali inputs

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