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25% Extra Seats, No Entrance Test For Foreign Students: UGC’s Plan To Increase International Outreach

Foreign Students

Universities and higher education institutions across the country will now be allowed to create up to 25 per cent supernumerary seats for foreign students in their undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes, UGC chairman Jagadesh Kumar has told PTI.

Factories Of Education’ Causing Devaluation Of Human Resources: CJI N V Ramana

Factories Of Education

Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana on Saturday stressed on developing a model of education that teaches students how to face real-life challenges and lamented that institutions (of higher learning) were losing their social relevance with the ‘mushrooming of factories of education.’

Manish Sisodia “Best Education Minister of Independent India,” Says Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Schools Feature in US Paper

Best Education Minister

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal praised the efforts of his deputy Manish Sisodia as government schools in the national capital grabbed the limelight on the front page of The New York Times. Calling Sisodia “the best education minister of independent India”, Kejriwal posted a picture of the news clip.

UGC Approves Guidelines For Admission, Supernumerary Seats For International Students In UG And PG

International Students

University Grants Commission has approved the guidelines for the admission and Supernumerary seats for International Students in Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes in Higher Education Institutions in India.

Chhattisgarh Government Decides To Set Up English Medium College In Every District Of State In Next 3 Years

English medium colleges

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up English medium colleges in Every district of the state over the next three years, a move aimed at facilitating the native students to pursue higher studies in the state itself,

Delhi University Approves Sanctioning Of Rs 1 Crore Per Year For Udhmodya Foundation

Udhmodya Foundation

Delhi University’s Executive Council on Thursday approved the sanctioning of Rs 1 crore every year with an annual increment of five percent for sustaining the activities of a not-for-profit company formed to promote innovation and encourage new startups. The DU has constituted a company

West Bengal To Have Sports University: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Asserting that she loves the game of football, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a grant of Rs 50 lakh for infrastructural development of two century-old clubs — East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting. Banerjee, after inaugurating the East Bengal museum – Raja Suresh Chandra Memorial Archive – at its Maidan tent here, […]

Students Should Fix Their Goals, Work Hard To Achieve Them: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Work Hard To Achieve

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said students should fix their goals while starting their careers and work hard to achieve them. He said the country and society should get the maximum benefit out of the education that a student gets. Mr. Birla was addressing the 7th convocation ceremony of the Central University of […]

Former Planning Commission Member Protests Changes To Overseas Scholarship Scheme For Scheduled Castes

Scheduled Castes.

Former Planning Commission member Bhalchandra Mungekar has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in protest against the exclusion of courses related to Indian heritage, culture, and history for the award of overseas scholarships for students from Scheduled Castes.

IGNOU Aims To Achieve National Goals Through New Programmes In Regional Languages, Says Vice-Chancellor

IGNOU

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) commemorated the 76th Independence Day today, August 15. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Nageshwar Rao hoisted the national flag at the IGNOU campus in Maidan Garhi, Delhi. The University also organized an exhibition at the vice-chancellor’s office on this occasion.