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83% B.Ed Colleges Dysfunctional in J&K

The government on Monday said that now 83 percent of B.Ed Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir was not any more functional. Commissioner Secretary to Government for Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella said that only 17 percent of B.Ed Colleges were actively functioning and working in the region of Jammu and Kashmir. “There was mushrooming […]

India Has 37.4 Million Students in Higher Education: NAAC Deputy Advisor

NAAC Deputy Advisor

The National Accreditation and Assessment Council continue to develop and implement new methods of evaluation for the benefit of students pursuing higher education in the country, said Dr. Devender S Kawday, Deputy Advisor, NAAC.  There are 37.4 million students in higher education in India as of today, and this is an essential asset for the […]

KSOU Demands Exclusive Rights for Distance Education Courses

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The teaching and non-teaching faculties of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) have urged the State government to deny conventional universities from providing distance education courses. The staff demands immediate implementation to make distance education the sole preserve of KSOU. They also said conventional universities should not be authorized any further to continue distance education courses […]

JNU Teachers Association Protests against Alternate Model of Examinations

JNU Teachers Association

The JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Friday protested in front of the HRD Ministry to seek due attention to the ” alternative ” model of examinations in the Varsity. JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Friday protested in front of the HRD Ministry to seek due attention to the ” alternative ” model of examinations in […]

Karnataka Based Deemed Universities Making a Mark Despite Stringent Norms

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Many of the Karnataka Based Deemed Universities are struggling to get a secure place. These universities in Karnataka are built across the whole State. They are providing general value courses to highly creative and specialized ones in Yoga, Medicine, Engineering, Design, Management, Information Technology, and Healthcare. ​ The reason for them yet to get value […]

India Rankings Society to Grade Colleges From the Next Year

‘India Rankings Society, A separate and specialized body, is directed to administer and control the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) from the next academic year’ K.K. Agarwal, Chairman, National Board of Accreditation, which has been carrying out the task from some years, said in Tiruchi on this Thursday. The higher educational institutes in the country, […]

Focus on Making Higher Education Job Oriented: Rajasthan Governor

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Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, solicited vice-chancellors from 90 universities from the state to focus on making higher education job oriented. Talking at the west zone vice-chancellors’ meet sorted out by the New Delhi-based Association of Indian Universities (AIU) here, the Governor laid emphasis on advancing advancements and establishing new precedents […]

Global Rankings of Indian Varsities need Improvement

Indian Universities

The current status of global rankings of Indian Universities need a huge improvement, said Pankaj Mittal, the Secretary-General of Association of Indian Universities (AIU). She said that with more number of students look for admission in overseas universities and more graduates joining the global workforce, Internationalization of Higher Education has become a necessity just as […]

Budget for Education Increasing Every Year in Absolute Terms

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Budget Provided by Centre Through MHRD for Education Increasing Every Year in Absolute Terms: MHRD With reference to a news thing in media wherein it is referenced that allocation to education is diminishing after some time, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Monday said that the budget gave by the Center through MHRD […]

Courtney Reintroduces the Bill For Students With Disabilities

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The Reintroduced Bill is for the Improvement of Higher Ed-Tech Access for Students with Disabilities U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-second District, and Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, on Thursday, reintroduced a bipartisan bill aimed at ensuring students with disabilities approach indistinguishable educational materials from non-disabled students. This is the second time the legislators presented the Accessible […]