India’s top education regulatory bodies said that Indian nationals or overseas Indian citizens with a degree from a Pakistani educational institution “shall not be eligible for seeking employment or higher studies in India”. On Friday, the University Grants Commission and All India Council for Technical Education issued a joint “public notice” to Indian nationals to […]
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In a major push, around 4,000 Sanskrit teachers in Delhi will get special professional development grooming under the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT). “SCERT Delhi is going to organize a Continuous Professional Development programme for 4,000 Sanskrit teachers on teaching skills, educational philosophy, and psychology,” read a circular signed by Dr. Nahar […]
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday replied to the Higher Education Minister of Tamil Nadu regarding the issue of the Common University Entrance Examination (CUET) and said that Common University Entrance Test (CUET) has been introduced in pursuance of the National Education Policy, 2020. In a letter to the Education Minister of Tamil Nadu, […]
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Puducherry on April 24 and will lay foundation stones for three academic buildings at Pondicherry University. Foundation stones of Rs 48.66 crores will be laid for the annex buildings to the Department of Physics and Chemistry and a new building for the Department of Food Science and Technology […]
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Purpose Of Quota To Inspire OBCs Get Higher Education, Authorities’ Duty To Further It: Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday said the purpose of quota for OBC candidates is to encourage them to fulfill their dream of higher education and the authorities have a duty to further the constitutional goal of providing reservations for them. The remark was made by the court while directing the Delhi University to grant […]
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The West Bengal government on Wednesday said the Centre should give due respect to the eminent academicians, who have been included in the 10-member committee recently formed by the state to give recommendations about the New Education Policy 2020 draft. Education Minister Bratya Basu told reporters here that the state has not “closed its mind” […]
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to start a state-level ranking framework for education institutes on the lines of NIRF for a “healthy competition“. He also asked the officials to prepare the state’s new sports policy with the help of sportspersons. “On the lines of NIRF, a SIRF should be started. […]
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The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to file its counter affidavit in a PIL filed by one Arjunan Elayaraja, seeking to implement the National Education Policy, 2020 in the State of Tamil Nadu. When the matter came up before the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy, […]
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has simplified the procedure for an Indian higher education institution to offer programmes in collaboration with foreign universities by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with each other directly if they meet certain eligibility criteria, said UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar. In its 557th meeting recently, the UGC decided […]
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has organized Industry Conclave 2022 to showcase research and innovations of the institute to the government, industry, and corporate firms. The institute held the conclave on April 16-17. As per an IIT Madras statement, a virtual space dedicated to exhibiting the research projects, start-ups, and projects from the […]