PUNE: Southern Army Commander Lt Gen D R Soni approved the Khadki Cantonment Board’s (KCB) library and reading room project for students in the cantonment and nearby localities recently. Chief executive officer Amol Jagtap of KCB told TOI, “After the commander’s approval, we have floated a tender. The tender procedure will be completed by theContinue reading

PUNE: Nursing assistants working with medical units of the Indian armed forces will soon be able to enrol for a diploma course in pharmacy.The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) here is all set to introduce a diploma in pharmacy (DPharm) course from academic year 2018-19, exclusively for nursing assistants. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/afmc-course-for-armed-forces-nursing-assistants/articleshow/64420901.cms

PUNE: Students appearing for the Masters in Commerce (MCom) second year examination earlier this week were stunned to see ‘out of syllabus’ questions in the Advanced Accounting paper. The students also raised the issue with the invigilator after the questions papers were distributed but they were asked to continue with the same paper. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/out-of-syllabus-wringer-stumps-mcom-students/articleshow/64406640.cms

PUNE: The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has signed an agreement with the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa. As a part of this agreement, experts from NCAOR will visit SPPU to teach Antarctic and oceanic research to interested students from departments such as environment science, geology, climate change, among others. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/now-ocean-research-on-sppu-course-list/articleshow/64406716.cms

PUNE: Schools in the city registered 100% success rate in the recently announced Class X results of the Central Board of secondary Education (CBSE). Urmica Agrawal of Indira National School stood first with 97.8%, followed by Dyuti Bobby and Harrithha Balasubramanyam with 97.6% each. As many as 20 students from Sanskriti School (Bhukum campus) got 90% and above 51 students receivedContinue reading

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is going to hold its 113th convocation ceremony on June 1. The ceremony will begin at 5 pm on the varsity campus, where a total of 11 students will be felicitated with gold medals for their academic excellence. Read more at: https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/savitribai-phule-pune-university-s-113th-convocation-today/story-0GahCRHRH5kEDVAzKqnI7N.html

PUNE: The significant increase in the number of students scoring more than 90% in their higher secondary school certificate (HSC, Class XII) examination is likely to make the competition for college seats fiercer than usual, say experts. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/crowd-of-high-scorers-sets-up-fight-for-seats/articleshow/64398723.cms

PUNE: The state recorded a pass percentage of 88.41 in the higher secondary certificate (HSC) exam, the results for which were declared by the Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education on Wednesday. The pass percentage dipped by 1.09% as against last year — partly responsible for this was the almost 4% drop inContinue reading

PUNE: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday formally inaugurated the Sadhu VaswaniInternational School at Pradhikaran in Nigdi at a ceremony held at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission near the Pune GPO. Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/school-formally-inaugurated/articleshow/64391258.cms