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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 […]

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has been awarded the chairman award for Technical Innovation in the Indian Innovation Challenge Design Contest (IICDC) 2017. IIT-Kharagpur was awarded for its Health Management System with integrated charger by Texas Instruments India. In the country’s one of the most popular design contest for engineering students, IIT-Kharagpur was listed […]

The recognition of Distance Learning courses under 35 state universities has been cancelled by UGC which has cast a shadow of uncertainty on the future of lakhs of higher education aspirants. One month notice has been given to these universities to provide an explanation and seek reversal of UGC’s decision. The distance education bureau of UGC […]