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Accreditation would help in improving the overall quality of higher education in the country. An alarm has been set by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) for all the Higher Education Institutes to get accredited by 2022. It has been declared as mandatory for such institutions to update their accreditation status on their official […]

49 Indian Universities in the list of rankings 2018 in comparison to 42 in 2017 which include more than 1250 universities worldwide. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Banglore holds its position and still on top of the list of Indian Universities in Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2019. As an impressive debut entry by […]

The annual budget to provide interest-free loans to 10 Lakh students would be increased to Rs. 2200 crore in the coming three years Union Minister Prakash Javdekar said addressing the 2nd Higher Education Human Resource Conclave. Under ‘Operation Digital Board’, there will be the digitalization of over 15 lakh classes from Standard 9 to Post […]

There can never be any time, any era, or any system, which can sustain without innovation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized on modernization in education and its goal of character- building. He said that aimless education is nothing more than a certificate hanging on one’s wall. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was facilitated by Ram Bahadur […]

It can probably be told as good news for Rajasthan Government employees as,on Monday Rajasthan’s Higher Education Minister Kiran Maheshwari said that the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission would be carried out for the college teachers in a few days.She made this announcement while addressing a conclave in the capital Jaipur. She also said that the […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to set up an Accreditation Advisory Council (AAC) that will facilitate the commission to establish more accreditation agencies. Earlier, UGC has decided to bring in more accreditation and assessment agencies (AAAs) to speed up the process of accreditation of higher education institutes in India. On Thursday, UGC told […]

Following the Health Ministry’s recommendation, the  Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has decided that the entrance test for undergraduate medical courses National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted only once in a year. On Tuesday, the registration dates and exam schedule for a number of competitive exams such as the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test […]

Severe crisis of talented teaching staff is being faced by a number of educational institutes across India. There are thousands of vacant posts for teachers in IITs, IIMs and various other technical institutes. According to Government officials, there is a lack of skilled and talented youth applying for the vacant posts. As per a recent […]

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are going to raise the Retirement age of their directors by five years and impose a restriction on the superannuation age of their chairpersons. The retirement age might shoot up to 70 for the directors of these prestigious business schools. Also, it is speculated that there might be a ceiling […]

To speed up the process of accreditation of educational institutions, the government will now allow various agencies both government and semi-government to accredit educational institutions in India. Currently, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) are responsible for the accreditation of educational institutes in India. For permitting the […]