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According to government data, of the total 2,051 sanctioned posts for the two languages at TGT (trained graduate teachers) level, only 819 teachers are filled up. contrary to what the AAP had hoped it would be able to achieve, more than 50 percent of posts to teach Urdu and Punjabi are lying vacant in the […]

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired a meeting of Secretaries of Higher and Technical Education of States and Union Territories to discuss the draft New Education Policy (NEP) today. Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired the meeting of Secretaries of Higher and Technical Education of States and Union Territories to discuss the draft […]

The e-version of Rozgar Samachar has been launched recently by Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar. It has been launched with a view to make aspirants aware of job opportunities in government sector including public sector enterprises, said a statement from the ministry. The platform will also provide information and guidance about admission and career […]

University Grants Commission UGC has recognized 14 new Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) for providing courses through distance education. This list is in addition to 82 such institutes that were recognized by the UGC in May this year. In December 2012, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, dissolved the Distance Education Council which […]

A new higher education model has been launched in Rajasthan for distribution of faculties and movable assets among the government colleges at the district level to rationalize the availability of resources. The model will create a pool for sharing of facilities which will benefit the colleges lacking infrastructure. Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar […]

The government said nearly 50% of the total MBBS seats in the country are in government colleges, which have nominal fees and of the remaining seats, 50% would be regulated by the NMC. The Health Ministry said today that almost 75% of total medical seats in the country would be available at reasonable fees once […]

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to declare four National Institutes of Design in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Haryana as institutions of national importance. It will allow the four institutes to grant degrees and diplomas. Currently, these institutes are registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and do not have […]

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu called for strengthening the library movement and said it should become a people’s movement like Swachh Bharat and Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programmes. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for strengthening the library movement from universities to villages and said it should become a people’s movement like Swachh Bharat […]

The University Grants Commission or UGC, the higher education regulator, has released a list of institutes – which are recommended for institutions of Eminence or IoE status. In the case of the private institutions proposed as IoEs, there will be no financial support, but they will be entitled to more autonomy as a special category Deemed […]

National Medical Commission Bill, among other provisions, seeks to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI), the regulating body for medical education in the country, with the National Medical Commission. Rajya Sabha today passed the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill for replacing the corruption-plagued Medical Council of India (MCI) with a new body, in what was described […]