At least 695 universities and over 34,000 colleges in India do not have accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The data was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.“As per information received from the UGC, out of the 1,113 universities […]
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Taking a cue from the education system prevalent in foreign universities, the Kerala government is planning to provide job opportunities for students along with their higher studies. Inaugurating the third edition of the Professional Students Summit, organised by ASAP Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said projects such as ‘Industry on Campus’ and ‘Young […]
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Hamirpur (HP), Feb 13 (UNI) 11.2% more girls in Himachal Pradesh pursue higher education than boys, according to a report of AISHE.The Gross Enrollment Ratio in the country is 27.3%, while in Himachal it is 38.7%, which means that Himachal has 11.4% more children pursuing higher education than the national average.Notably, the percentage of girls […]
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) announced a new scholarship scheme for ‘single girl child’ to pursue doctoral programmes in social sciences. The scheme named as Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single Girl Child (SJSGC), was unveiled after reviewing all the existing scholarship schemes to encourage the ‘single girl child’ access to higher education. It may […]
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The recent All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021 had a few surprising statistics as the enrolment to Engineering programmes in the regular mode has dipped by 10% from 40.85 lakhs in 2016-17 to 36.63 lakh in 2020-21. Even as Engineering is the only programme that has recorded a decline in admissions, which is […]
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IIM Jammu In Association With Deakin University Inaugurates Int’l Conference On “Reimagining Marketing With Technology” On A Grand Note
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu inaugurated the International Conference event on “Reimagining Marketing with Technology” jointly organized with Deakin University at its transit Canal Road campus at Jammu in hybrid mode. The event was formally inaugurated by Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director, IIM Jammu in the presence of Prof. Jabir Ali, Dean Academics, IIM Jammu, […]
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If the University Grants Commission (UGC) has its way, foreign universities may soon enter Indian shores. It has released the draft University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, to facilitate this. Defending the rationale of the regulations the UGC Chairperson said that it was […]
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A government school teacher has developed a kit to make learning maths interesting. The kit designed by Poornima V Bhat, a teacher from Government High School, Siddapur, for those who dislike maths, has won first prize at the Southern India Science Fair, held at Chaldean Syrian Higher Secondary School, in Thrissur, Kerala, recently. She said, […]
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Foreign University Campuses in India: According to the reports, India has witnessed a rise of 68% in the number of students who went abroad to pursue higher education, but no proposal on UGC’s draft has been made yet, the Minister of State (MoS) for Education Shubash Sarkar said. Read more details here Foreign University Campuses […]
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UGC Releases Draft Guidelines And Curriculum Framework For Environment Education At Undergraduate Level
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University Grant Commission (UGC) has released Draft Guidelines and Curriculum Framework for Environment Education at Undergraduate level, underlying that out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), six goals are directly linked to environmental protection and resource conservation. UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar told ANI that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 underlines the importance […]