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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Delhi University teachers have largely rejected the varsity authorities’ request for feedback on the proposed Higher Education Commission of India, which will become a single overarching regulator for higher and technical education. The teachers say the one-week deadline that acting vice-chancellor P.C. Joshi gave them to respond is too short. Any hurried exercise can only […]
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Cargo bikes could play a much bigger role in urban package delivery. This conclusion was reached in a study based on the cities of Munich and Regensburg, where around one-seventh of delivery-related CO2 emissions could be reduced. The research team has developed a planning tool to help companies and municipalities identify the potential for cargo […]
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The Sports University of Haryana Bill, 2021 was tabled in the assembly after the government withdrew the previous Sports University Bill of Haryana, 2019 following “certain observations from the Centre”.The Haryana government on Wednesday tabled a bill in the assembly for setting up a state-of-the-art sports university. The fresh bill, which will be taken up […]
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The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier in the day convened a meeting with the principals and chairpersons of the 12 fully funded DU colleges by the Delhi government. The Delhi government on Tuesday announced that it would release the funds amounting to ₹28.24 crores for the salaries of the staff of its fully-funded Delhi […]
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday announced that students who qualify for the Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS), or Cost and Works Accountant (ICWA) exams will be treated equivalent to postgraduate degree holders. The decision has been made at the request of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The announcement was […]
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DU Teachers Protest Over Non-Payment of Salaries; Grant by AAP govt Sporadic in the Past Year, Says DUTA
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Twelve Delhi University Colleges under Delhi government have not been allocated sufficient funds since November to pay the teaching staff prompting the teachers to hold a protest march from the DU Vice Chancellor’s Office to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Monday, January 15. The principals of these colleges are scheduled to meet the […]
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The colleges, which were earlier referred to as “100% funded Delhi Govt. maintained colleges of DU“, are now addressed in the document as “100 % funded Delhi Govt. sponsored college affiliated to the University of Delhi”. The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) Saturday decided to continue its “university shutdown”, alleging that the funds released by […]
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AICTE says an institution that has a NAAC score of 3.26 or has featured in the top 100 of NIRF ranking at least twice in 3 preceding cycles will be allowed to start open or ODL courses. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has released a set of regulations to improve the quality […]