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housing crisis. The two-year cap is expected to result in approximately 360,000 approved study permits in 2024, a decrease of 35% from last year, the immigration ministry said in an official statement. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said the federal government would work with the provinces, which oversee the educational system, to apply the cap, according to a report published by Reuters. He said the main reason for the cap is to protect students who attend colleges, which are often private-public partnerships that provide inadequate services at high costs, but also to ease pressure on housing and services.

MONTREAL — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is announcing a two-year cap on international student admissions.

Given IITs' role in building India's S&T muscle, a systematic approach to alumni contributions is necessary for expanding the fiscal space. Many IITs have done this successfully earlier.

Canada has finally announced its much-anticipated plans to restrict international students moving into the country. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has unveiled a temporary cap on the issuance of study visas for international students. According to the information released by IRCC, the cap for the year 2024 is anticipated to lead to approximately 360,000 approved study permits, marking a 35% decrease from the figures recorded in 2023. Think you check all the immigration boxes? Find out “International students are vital to Canada and enrich our communities. As such, we have an obligation to ensure that they have access to the resources they need for an enriching academic experience. In Canada, today, this isn’t always the case. Today, we are announcing additional measures to protect a system that has become so lucrative that it has opened a path for its abuse. Enough is enough. Through the decisive measures announced today, we are striking the right balance for Canada and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system while setting students up for the success they hope for,” Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said. IRCC is set to implement caps for each province and territory, with these limits being proportionate to the respective populations. This strategic move aims to address the substantial growth of the international student population in provinces where the surge has been deemed unsustainable. These caps will not affect existing study permit holders or those seeking permit renewals. Masters and doctoral degree pursuits are also exempt from these limitations.

BENGALURU : Eruditus, founded in 2010 by Chaitanya Kalipatnapu and Ashwin Damera and headquartered in Singapore, is evaluating if it would be feasible for the executive education startup to move its base to India to capitalise on growing opportunities in the market. “It is a fact that the Indian stock markets are far more attractive than the global peers," said Damera in an interview with Mint. “Sometime in the future we will have to figure out how to give an exit to the investors.

Marc Miller announced on Monday.Miller announced a slew of other curbs while speaking at the Liberal cabinet retreat, which he said would reduce the intake by 35 per cent over the next two years.The cap, he said, would be distributed provincially per capita, according to population.“In order to maintain a sustainable level of temporary residence in Canada, as well to ensure that there is no further growth in the number of international students in Canada for 2024, we are setting a national application intake cap for a period of two years for 2024. The cap is expected to result in approximately 364,000 approved study permits, a decrease of 35 per cent from 2023,” he said.He added that the cap will look different for each province.“In the spirit of fairness, we are also allocating the cap space by province based on population,” Miller added, saying that “some provinces will see much more significant reductions.”Miller said he has already had “productive discussions” with the governments of Ontario and British Columbia.Miller said the cap will not apply to students at graduate levels of studies, including master’s and doctoral students.

Ram temple at Ayodhya as corporate India gave leaves to staff and organised special prayers to mark the consecration. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family as well as steel tycoon Lakshmi N MIttal, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal, Reliance Group head Anil Ambani and Aditya Birla group chairperson Kumar Mangalam Birla and his daughter Ananya Birla were among the businessmen in Ayodhya for the consecration of Ram temple.

Internshala, the leading career-tech platform, unveils critical insights for internship seekers, showcasing a substantial 200% increase in internship opportunities for Indian students over the past five years. The report highlights some key observations regarding the current internship market and what internship seeking students could expect from internship recruiters in the year 2024.

More internationally-educated health workers are being introduced across Alberta to help fill the gaps in the current health care system.

Rahul Gandhi was seen blowing flying kisses at his rivals' supporters and asking the driver ‘Why don’t you stop here'. The driver immediately stopped the vehicle and Rahul Gandhi stepped down to greet them. “Mohabbat ki dukaan is open for everyone, India will unite, and India will win," the Congress party wrote on the microblogging site while sharing the video.

It has become fashionable of late to compare US President Joe Biden in 2023 to Jimmy Carter in 1979. Just as the events of 1979 doomed Carter’s re-election hopes the following year, developments in 2023 are said to have effectively sunk Biden’s bid for a second term in November. Most obviously, both Carter and Biden confronted a demoralizing inflation problem.

elite where the air is thin, and so are the excuses for attending. Of late, a new recreational sport has developed out of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF, not WFH) summit held in the Swiss ski resort: Davos-dissing (DD). This year it's as trendy as a Hermes Togo Birkin 20 black bag.

millennials and Gen Z in these two countries is once again driven by economics. Living with parents (LWP) reached an all-time high during the pandemic. But that merely gave LWP a 50% boost. 2021 US Census reports that 23 million (45%) 18-29-year-old Americans were living with parents.

Bombay High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by four law students challenging the Maharashtra government's decision declaring a public holiday on January 22, on account of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at Ram Lalla Mandir in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, news agency ANI reported. The petitioners claimed that the holiday declared by the Maharashtra government was arbitrary and not in the power of the state govt to announce such a holiday.

Samagra Shikshana Karnataka (SSK), Bangalore and Transform Schools signed a three-year MoU to scale the Marusinchana programme for providing targeted instruction model-based education statewide. The Karnataka government has launched a new education scheme, Marusinchana programme, to providing quality education and improve Class 10 board exam results. “Marusinchana announced in Karnataka State Budget 2023, aims to develop grade appropriate learning outcomes among children in classes 8, 9 and 10 in all aspirational talukas and prepare them for secondary level examinations through special classroom instruction and training,” State Project Director of Samagra Shikshana, K N Ramesh (IAS) said In partnership with Transform Schools, the integrated three year learning enhancement programme will focus on developing learning outcomes for children at the secondary school level.

Students, parents, coaching institutes and education experts are divided over the Centre's new guidelines to regulate coaching centres in India, which came in the wake of an alarming rise in student suicides. While some have welcomed them as a good start, others say they can deprive students of the support system they need to crack competitive exams. Some of the stakeholders also said the guidelines will be difficult to enforce and may even lead to unfair practices. The new guidelines direct coaching centres, among various things, not to enrol students below 16, not make misleading promises, not charge exorbitant fees, ensure mental welfare of students and have an exit policy for those wanting to leave a course midway. «The issue is genuine, and that the government is concerned about this is heartening-but measures suggested will be very difficult to enforce,» said Narayanan Ramaswamy, national leader (education and skill development) at KPMG in India.

Sonowal on Saturday said the country is moving towards an integrated approach where the Ayush system of medicine will be used along with the modern ones. The minister also laid the foundation stone for 'Ayush Diksha', a first-of-its-kind centre for the development of human resources for ayush professionals in future. The centre will be developed on the campus of Central Ayurveda Research Institute, Bhubaneswar.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Biden administration announced the cancellation of nearly $5 billion in student debt for an additional batch of 74,000 borrowers. This move is a targeted relief effort after the Supreme Court blocked a more expansive $400 billion loan forgiveness plan in June 2023.

Atishi on Saturday directed the secretary (higher education) to conduct an inquiry into the alleged irregularities of government-funded Delhi University's 12 colleges. «Major procedural irregularities have surfaced.

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CBSE) will conduct the first exams in the latest format from 2025, except for the one instance in 2021 when the exam was split into two due to Covid-19. The new system of twice-a-year board exams for Class X and XII will not be compulsory, according to the official as quoted by TOI. “The system aims to reduce stress on students who fear missing out on a single opportunity. If a candidate is prepared and is satisfied with the score in one set of exams, he can choose not to appear for the next exam,” he said. In 2023, a total of 38.82 lakh candidates appeared for Class X (21.86 lakh) and XII (16.96 lakh) CBSE boards.