India Blocks Telegram Before Retest Exam to Curb Cheating
India blocked access to Telegram messenger on Tuesday ahead of a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance examination, after a scandal last month over a question paper leak.
India blocked access to Telegram messenger on Tuesday ahead of a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance examination, after a scandal last month over a question paper leak.
Official data shows 204 schools have reported disturbances, with 59 already resuming learning. Learners in Grades 1 to 9 continue their studies uninterrupted. The Ministry attributed the unrest to factors including leadership challenges, exam stress, poor boarding conditions, drug abuse, strenuous routines, and copycat behavior.
After the caning is meted out, the school will “monitor the student’s wellbeing and progress”, including providing counselling, Lee said.
The placement system has also been criticized for lack of transparency, with students being placed in schools far from their homes or in pathways they didn’t choose.
Madeleine Sophie Wickham, who wrote under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, revealed last year that she was receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for an aggressive form of brain cancer.
The scam message congratulates KCSE 2024 candidates and instructs them to send KSh 100 to a personal number for automatic delivery of their admission documents—a claim the university has firmly disowned.
The International Youth Fellowship (IYF) has marked a major milestone in youth empowerment with the graduation of 10000 young people…
Harvard, which has sued the US government over a separate raft of punitive measures, fired back at the Trump administration’s move, calling it “unlawful.”
Serikali ya Marekani imetangaza upunguzaji mpya wa ufadhili kwa Chuo Kikuu cha Harvard siku ya Jumanne, siku moja tu baada ya Rais wa chuo hicho, Alan Garber, kusema kuwa taasisi hiyo ina “mambo ya msingi yanayoshabihiana” na utawala wa Rais Donald Trump.
Mahakama Kuu ya Marekani, ambayo ina wingi wa majaji wa mrengo wa kihafidhina, inatarajiwa kusikiliza kesi leo Jumanne kuhusu iwapo wazazi wana haki ya kidini kuwazuia watoto wao kuhudhuria madarasa yanayosoma au kujadili vitabu vyenye maudhui ya LGBTQ.