CBSE has asked its schools to celebrate Janjatiya Gaurav Divas from November 1 to 15, 2026, with tribal art workshops, performances and tributes to Birsa Munda.
An ISB and Santa Clara University study of 32,000 children's YouTube videos finds motion lifts views and gaze, but attention goes mostly to backgrounds, not lessons.
CBSE's scheme for the 2028 Class 10 board exams makes five subjects compulsory and lets a passed skill paper make up for a failed maths, science or social science paper.
Kerala's education department has ordered no appointment approval or promotion for teachers without K-TET while its Supreme Court petition is pending.
Tamil Nadu will hold a State Level Achievement Survey for Classes 3, 5 and 8 in January 2027; districts must name invigilators by November 5, 2026.
Himachal Pradesh has approved 3,100 teachers for its CBSE-affiliated government schools, to be picked by exam and paid Rs 30,000 a month, reports said on October 29.
Haryana's October 27, 2026 order renames over 270 government primary schools as excellence or model schools, with English medium from Class 1 and co-education.
Registration for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0, to be held November 28 to December 12, 2026 on the Thirukkural theme, is open on the IIT Madras portal till November 13.
Punjab has upgraded Computer Science in government schools to Computer Science and AI for Classes 8-12 this session; teachers had until October 27 to finish AI training.
The UP Board's provisional list of 7,526 exam centres for the 2027 Class 10 and 12 exams is out; objections close on October 28, 2026.
Allahabad High Court told UP's school education chief to pay eligible acting headmasters a headmaster's salary within two months, per an order reported October 26, 2026.
Andhra Pradesh's G.O.Ms.No.33 of October 27, 2026 amends education service rules, keeping a 95% local quota in direct recruitment and moving DEO posts to multi-zones.
Education Minister Pralhad Joshi will honour 10 national winners of the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 on October 28, 2026; the contest set a Guinness record.
Jamia Millia Islamia has extended online classes until November 8, 2026 and will hold second mid-term exams online as the students' union protest continues.
Haryana's Mission SAFALTA, notified on October 23, 2026, suspends non-academic activities for Class 10 and 12 from January 1 and adds weekly tests.
Odisha has closed schools, colleges and Anganwadi centres in Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri on October 28-29, 2026, for Cyclone Arnab.
Uttarakhand on 25 October 2026 lifted its long-standing freeze on hiring teachers and staff in aided non-government secondary schools, letting school committees fill sanctioned posts.
Thousands of Haryana guest teachers marched from Kurukshetra towards Chandigarh on October 25-26, 2026, seeking regular jobs for 10,757 teachers.
MP Board's notice of October 15, 2026 removes internal choice in two-mark questions for Classes 9-12 from 2026-27, covering the 2027 board exams.
Ghaziabad and other UP districts closed schools or gave special leave on 23 October 2026 as 14.81 lakh teachers and graduates vote for 11 council seats.
Madhya Pradesh's Class 1-12 enrolment fell about 6% to 1.34 crore in 2026-27 per UDISE+ data; the state served notices on officials in 10 districts.
Drinking water at 90 of about 640 government schools in Haryana's Rewari district failed lab tests; 61 are in Bawal block, and fresh sampling is ordered.
JNU agreed on October 19, 2026 to revoke five students' rustication, withdraw FIRs and review its discipline manual, ending a 17-day hunger strike.
Maharashtra schools will have a 13-day Diwali vacation from November 2 to 14, 2026, and reopen on November 16 for the second semester.
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav handed out 954 compassionate appointment letters in the School Education Department in Bhopal on October 21, 2026, and announced 20,000 new posts.
Gujarat will form a committee of senior officials to review and reduce teachers' non-academic duties and online data entry, Education Minister Pradyuman Vaja said on October 17, 2026.
Schools in Chennai and neighbouring districts were shut on October 21, 2026 after heavy overnight rain; the wet spell may last until October 26, forecasters said.
More than 97,000 students began JKBOSE Class 10 winter-zone board exams on October 19, 2026, at 1,003 centres in Kashmir and Jammu's winter areas.
Punjab Agricultural University's board appointed horticulture scientist Dr Harvinder Singh Dhaliwal vice-chancellor for four years on October 14, 2026, filling a post vacant since August.
The Allahabad High Court has ordered the UP STF to verify certificates of all Class 1-8 basic school teachers after one certificate was used for 10 jobs.
IIM Kozhikode and Accenture LearnVantage announced a two-year Global MBA for professionals abroad, run from IIMK's Kochi centre from March 2027.
The Supreme Court ruled on October 14, 2026 that professional course fees must be fixed before admission, upholding refunds for West Bengal B.Tech students.
On October 14, 2026, the Gauhati High Court set aside Rajive Mohan Pant's appointment as Assam University VC for lacking 10 years' experience under UGC rules.
The JNU Students' Union's indefinite hunger strike entered its 12th day on October 15, 2026, with over 200 students joining a relay fast over rustications and campus demands.
In Odisha's student union polls held on October 15, 2026, ABVP won seven of nine posts at Utkal University while BJD-backed BCJD swept Rama Devi Women's University.
More than 1.11 lakh of 2.20 lakh in-service teachers failed Tamil Nadu's special TET; the education department plans training and another test, reports said on Oct 17, 2026.
The NMC's October 15, 2026 notice gives eligible MBBS students admitted from 2019-20 one extra, fifth attempt to clear the first-year exam.
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay opened the Rs 300-crore Periyar Arivulagam library and science centre in Coimbatore on October 16, 2026, with Rs 55 crore for books.
The University of Liverpool formally opened its Whitefield, Bengaluru campus on October 15, 2026, with close to 300 students and a goal of 10,000 in ten years.
Nandan Nilekani, heading India's exam reform task force, proposed generating exam papers at the last minute from question banks; its report is due October 28.
Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati opened a Boeing Sukanya STEM and aeromodelling lab in Bargarh on October 11, 2026, for 2,000+ students a year.
Odisha's cabinet approved free textbooks for about 28.7 lakh Class 9 and 10 students in government and aided schools for 2025-30, costing Rs 284.07 crore.
Over 60,000 schools joined the Education Ministry's 8 October 2026 screening of an inclusive education module on PRASHAST; 72 lakh teachers trained so far.
Tamil Nadu released its 2027 board exam timetable on October 14, 2026: Plus Two exams run March 3-29 and SSLC exams March 17-April 12.
Tamil Nadu's TRB declared special TET results for serving teachers on October 12, 2026: about 80% passed Paper I and 38% Paper II after a Supreme Court mandate.
The Education Ministry set up a three-member panel led by Prof Rajni Abbi on October 13, 2026 to examine a student's death at IIIT Ranchi and its welfare systems.
Chhattisgarh High Court ruled, in a judgment reported on 12 October 2026, that RTE-quota pupils cannot claim automatic transfer to another private school when theirs closes.
In an October 9, 2026 order, the Supreme Court told the UGC and all regulators to issue advisories urging people to verify institutions before admission.
PM Modi attended the golden jubilee of Chennai's Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya on 11 October 2026, urging students to dream big; no new policy was announced.
A parliamentary panel's NTA report, presented October 9, 2026, asks districts to bar rallies on exam days and let slightly late candidates in.
JNU dismissed professor and Inner Manipur MP Bimol Akoijam on October 9, 2026, after an Internal Committee probe into students' complaints; he denies them.
Chandigarh University launched Campus Tank Season 2 with a $15 million pool on 10 October 2026, plus a Rs 50 crore fund and a research park with IIT Madras.
Aligarh Muslim University will hold its students' union election on November 5, 2026, and has replaced its proctor, after a three-week protest.
On 10 October 2026, police detained J.D. Women's College staff in Patna protesting a move from Patliputra University to the new Mata Sita Women's University.
Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh has ordered one-star government schools upgraded within a year and all schools to four-star standard by 2029.
The University of Western Australia won final UGC approval for its Chennai campus, with classes starting on 19 October 2026, it said on 6 October.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India's WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 participants on 9 October 2026, after India rose to 10th place from 13th in 2024.
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