The Union government has been supporting central universities as well as other higher education institutions in setting up infrastructure and allocating resources to improve the quality of research, the University Grants Commission said in a letter last week. All universities must share resources with each other to bring about qualitative improvements in R&D activities, the […]
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Delhi LG Declines Approval To Delhi Teacher’s Finland Training Tour, Sisodia Says; Attack On Education System
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Jan
Jan
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena declined to give approval to the proposed training of primary teaching in-charges and educators of the SCERT in Finland and has asked the department to provide a cost-benefit analysis in tangible terms, as per an official release. Delhi Government has condemned this move and urges LG to give […]
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UGC Guidelines Have Got It Wrong: To Come To India, Foreign Universities Need More Than Unlocking Of Regulatory Keys
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Jan
Jan
The Preamble to the UGC’s Draft Regulations 2023 allowing campuses of foreign higher educational institutions (FHEIs) in India states that the policy aims to “facilitate the entry of” FHEIs, specifically the “higher-ranked” ones, in India. The underlying assumption is that top-ranked universities abroad are waiting desperately to come to India, and all they needed was […]
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UGC To Organise Online National Webinar To Commemorate The Birth Anniversary Of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
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Jan
Jan
University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced to organise an online national webinar to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. ‘Life & Times of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’ will be the theme of this webinar going to be held on January 23, 2023, at 11 AM. UGC’s webinar for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose […]
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Hard Work To Invite Harvard Why UGC’s Plan For Foreign University Campuses In India Rings Hollow
12
Jan
Jan
The prime minister has been consistent in his contempt for Western academic learning while the UGC has completely undermined Indian universities. In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra had said at an election rally in Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh, “The country has seen the thinking of the Harvard people and the thinking of the hard-working people.” This […]
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Jan
Jan
There have been a number of recent developments in Indian education policy that have had significant implications for the sector and its stakeholders. While earlier policies, such as the Right to Education (RTE) Act in 2009, have helped India make commendable progress with ensuring universal access to primary education, the focus of recent policy has […]
11
Jan
Jan
A month after TG Sitharam, director of IIT Guwahati, was named the new chairman of AICTE, the Education Ministry has set the ball rolling to appoint his successor. The government has released an advertisement inviting applications for the post of IIT-Guwahati’s director. The deadline for application ends on February 28. Sitharam was appointed AICTE on […]
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Internationalisation of Higher Education in India UGC brings regulations in accordance with NEP, 2020
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Jan
Jan
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has finally brought in regulations to internationalise and upgrade India’s educational system in accordance with New Education Policy (2020). HRD Minister, Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal unveiled the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020, with the goal of raising educational standards in the country. To promote internationalisation of higher education and […]
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Allowing Foreign Universities To Open Branches In India Would Harm Country’s Higher Education System: CPI
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Jan
Jan
The CPI has opposed the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) decision to allow foreign universities to open branches in India, claiming that it would “harm” the country’s higher education system. In a statement issued on Friday, the Communist Party of India (CPI) said the time allotted to put forward suggestions on the issue is grossly insufficient. “The policy […]
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Nov
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) in its Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of PhD Degree Regulations, 2022, has brought in several big-ticket changes. It has suggested the HEIs assign four-six hours per week of teaching/research assistantship for conducting tutorial or laboratory work to PhD students and fixed a minimum of 12 credits for the […]