Due to the sudden spike in Covid-19 cases across the national capital, Delhi University (DU) has issued a fresh set of guidelines for the safety of the students and staff. The university has also suspended all offline activities on campus till April 13. DU has prompted all the students and staff to follow the new […]
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday launched the “MyNEP2020” Platform of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Web Portal which will be operational from April 1 to May 15, 2021. The ‘MyNEP2020’ platform, which will be operational from April 1 to May 15, 2021, will help teachers and educators across the country put […]
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City colleges are adamant that the autonomy of Delhi University should not be compromised under the new National Education Policy. Such views elicited from the constituent colleges were discussed by the university at a meeting on Friday on the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), the body that is slated to replace the University Grants […]
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that India is the world’s largest democratic educational ecosystem. Over 34 million children study here, more than the entire population of many countries. He said so during a speech at a high-level ministerial meeting convened by UNESCO on Monday. He said that India has 1.1 lakhs of teachers […]
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In order to improve its global rankings, the University of Delhi (DU) is planning to upscale its research and development activities. The university was recently declared as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) because of which it has received large funding from the government. The IoE funds will be allocated to professors from all colleges and […]
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Mar 26 (PTI) Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank‘ on Friday said the new National Education Policy will form the basis of ensuring equality and quality in the sector and rubbished allegations of ‘saffronisation’ of education. The new policy, which was approved by the Union Cabinet last year, replaced the 34-year-old National Policy on Education framed […]
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DUTA Protests Against Order to Appoint Senior Administrative Officers at 12 Delhi Govt-Funded Colleges
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The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) on Wednesday led a protest rally from the vice-chancellor’s office to the chief minister’s residence to raise a number of demands including removal of the ‘Pattern of Assistance’ document and revoking an order to appoint senior administrative officers at the 12 Delhi government-funded colleges of DU. It alleged that […]
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Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held a virtual meeting with Director-General UNESCO, Ms. Audrey Azoulay in New Delhi today. They discussed key issues of mutual importance including National Education Policy, India’s response to COVID Pandemic especially in the education sector, among others concerning India UNESCO cooperation. Shri Amit Khare, Secretary, Higher Education, a […]
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The schools which will focus on innovation, exploration and not on rote learning, are expected to help children explore themselves, develop and nourish the fields they are interested in. Days after the announcement of the setting up of the Delhi Board of School Education (DBSE), the Delhi cabinet on Monday, March 22, cleared the proposal […]
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The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 includes a “lot of good language” and talks about rankings, transparency, ownership, flexibility and multi-disciplinary research but the policy-makers must also “think about the rising cost of higher education and its affordability for a majority of the population”, said M Sri Bharat, President, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management […]