Higher education

PM-Vidyalakshmi Scheme: FM Sitharaman says student loan scheme will be operational by February 2025; check details

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PM-Vidyalakshmi Scheme: FM Sitharaman says student loan scheme will be operational by February 2025; check details

PM-Vidyalakshmi Scheme: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Lok Sabha that the recently introduced Prime Minister Vidyalakshmi scheme is scheduled to be implemented by February 2025. The PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet in November in a bid to provide financial assistance to talented students pursuing higher education in public and private institutions. … Read more

PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme: Centre to offer collateral-free, guarantor-free education loans to students; check eligibility, application process

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PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme: Centre to offer collateral-free, guarantor-free education loans to students; check eligibility, application process

The PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme has been approved by the Union Cabinet to provide financial assistance to talented students pursuing higher education in public and private institutions. The initiative, announced on Wednesday, aims to offer education loans without the need for collateral or guarantors to students admitted to the top 860 Quality Higher Education Institutions (QHEIs) in … Read more

Loan facility for life insurance plans: Know procedure to borrow funds against your policy

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Loan facility for life insurance plans: Know procedure to borrow funds against your policy

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) recently declared that all life insurance savings products should offer a policy loan feature to assist policyholders with their financial needs.  The master circular stated the facility of partial withdrawal under pension products is allowed enabling the policyholders to meet their specific financial needs for important … Read more

Campuses in the vice-like grip of politics

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Campuses in the vice-like grip of politics

Little would anyone have thought that the impersonation row at Christian College, Kattakada in Thiruvananthapuram, in the third week of May would open a can of worms in the higher education sector in Kerala. College Principal G.J. Shyju had forwarded to the University of Kerala the name of Visakh A., a first-year student and Students … Read more

Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy | CNN

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Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy | CNN

Beijing CNN  —  Protests erupted across China throughout the weekend, including at universities and in Shanghai where hundreds chanted “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” in an unprecedented show of defiance against the country’s stringent and increasingly costly zero-Covid policy. A deadly fire at an apartment block in Urumqi, the capital of the … Read more

Ugandan university drops mandatory pregnancy tests for students after outcry | CNN

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Ugandan university drops mandatory pregnancy tests for students after outcry | CNN

CNN  —  A university in Uganda has withdrawn a requirement for female nursing and midwifery students to take a pregnancy test before sitting their exams, after facing a backlash. Kampala International University issued a notice on Tuesday stating: “This is to inform all female nurses and midwives that you are supposed to go to KIU-TH … Read more

Violent clashes break out between students and security forces across Iran, rights groups say | CNN

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Violent clashes break out between students and security forces across Iran, rights groups say | CNN

CNN  —  Violent clashes broke out between security forces and student protesters at university campuses across Iran on Sunday, according to activist and human rights groups in the country. Students continued to protest in large numbers at some of the country’s main universities despite a warning from the head of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Hossein … Read more