The latest education stories from the Impact desk.
Following the NEET controversy, India may be approaching one of its largest educational technology transitions. Proposed computer-based testing reforms increasingly reflect broader conversations around trust, infrastructure and the future of examination systems.
JoSAA Round 5, KCET's final round, and ICSI CSEET results are all landing this week. Beyond individual student outcomes, these results quietly shape the engineering and finance talent India's economy will run on for the next decade.
Japan’s rapidly aging population is increasingly driving healthcare innovation across robotics, assistive technologies and elder-care systems designed to support changing demographic realities.
Building on its earlier Gemini-based JEE Main practice tests, Google is widening AI-assisted exam preparation to more of India's toughest entrance tests and to AI Mode in Search.
The partnership brings Wadhwani JobRise and JobConnect programmes to campuses through Knimbus-powered digital libraries, extending job-readiness training to a wider base of Indian students.
The proposed 'IIM Bangalore – Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies' builds on IIMB's recent move into four-year undergraduate education under the National Education Policy.
India's IndiaAI Mission, backed by Rs 10,371 crore in public investment, is building the compute infrastructure, curated datasets, AI safety frameworks, and startup support systems that will determine whether India becomes a global AI leader or a global AI market. A definitive account for Global Indians in technology.
New York City has barred the use of AI tools by students through eighth grade, citing concerns about child development, as school districts globally grapple with how to regulate classroom AI use.
Fresh from building the digital backbone of India's identity system, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is now tasked with reforming the National Testing Agency after a string of paper-leak controversies