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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launches 100-Day Reading Campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’

Union Edu Minister

On Saturday, the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched a 100-day reading campaign titled ‘Padhe Bharat’. The launch of the campaign is in alignment with the National Education Policy 2020 that lays emphasis on the promotion of joyful reading culture for children by ensuring the availability of age-appropriate reading books for children in the local/mother tongue/regional/tribal language.

UGC’s draft Guidelines Seek to Make Campuses Inclusive and Accessible

Pakistani Degree Holders Will Not Qualify for Jobs or Further Studies in India: UGC-AICTE

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday issued draft accessibility and inclusivity guidelines for higher education institutions with an aim to make campuses inclusive for persons with disabilities and transgender persons. The guidelines include suggestions on ensuring accessibility in terms of resources, infrastructure, curriculum, teaching-learning, and assessment. The draft guidelines have been issued as a […]

IIT Madras Researchers Utilise AI Tools for Studying Biomass fuel Production

IIT Madras Researchers Utilise AI Tools for Studying Biomass fuel Production

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras are utilizing artificial intelligence(AI) tools to study the processes involved in the transformation of biomass to gaseous fuel. If done through hands-on experiments, gaining such expertise is both time-consuming and expensive, whereas, if done through computer simulations and modeling studies, the insights are obtained quicker, which can […]

DU’s ‘Centenary’ gift to ex-Students – a Chance to Finish Degrees

DU Should Not Allow College Of Art (CoA) To De-Affiliate: Executive Council

This is Delhi University’s centenary year gift to its alumni. The University of Delhi (DU) is providing its ex-students a chance to finish their degrees this year. However, this option will not be available to all former university students. The decision was approved by the council in a special meeting which was organized mainly to […]

We Don’t Want to Miss The Train Again: Why India Must Invest Heavier in School, College Education in The Post-Pandemic Union Budget 2022

The Post-Pandemic Union Budget 2022

India needs to spend more on education. This is not a debate. It’s a fact. But will the Narendra Modi government increase allocation towards education in the upcoming Union Budget 2022? That’s the question on everyone’s mind. Education expenditure as a percentage of GDP was at an abysmal 2.8 percent during 2014-2019 and increased to […]

NEAT Will be a Game-Changer in Bridging the Digital Divide, says Dharmendra Pradhan

NEAT will be a game changer in bridging the digital divide, says Dharmendra Pradhan

Union education minister and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan have launched ed-tech National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0 – a single platform to provide the best-developed tech solutions and courses to students of the country. At the NEAT 3.0 launch event on January 3, the minister also unveiled technical books in regional languages prescribed […]

Maharashtra Discontinues Physical Classes in Colleges and Universities till February 15

Maharashtra Discontinues Physical Classes in Colleges and Universities till February 15

Due to the rising Covid-19 cases and the surge of Omicron infections, the Maharashtra government has decided to discontinue physical classes in colleges and universities till February 15. The decision will apply to all state, deemed, private universities as well as technical Institutes and affiliated colleges. Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said […]

How NAAC Accreditation Helps Streamline Higher Education in Indian Universities

How NAAC Accreditation Helps Streamline Higher Education in Indian Universities

National Assessment Accreditation Council (NAAC) approved 21 institutions a recommendation for accreditation this month. Since NAAC accreditation ensures the qualitative analysis of teaching-learning outcomes at the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and helps them evolve systematically, academics foresee a brighter growth. Speaking to Education Times, Debabrata Das, director, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore that received […]

Greater Technology use can Help Achieve 50% GER in Higher Education: AICTE Chairman

Greater Technology use can Help Achieve 50% GER in Higher Education: AICTE Chairman

The new National Education Policy (NEP) envisages increasing Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education in the country to 50 percent from 27 percent now and this target can be achieved through greater use of technology and by promoting online and distance learning, AICTE chairman Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe said on Friday. He also said the […]