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DU Teachers Seek Vice-Chancellor’s Intervention After CoA Begins Admission As Part Of Ambedkar University

DU Teachers Seek Vice-Chancellor’s Intervention After CoA Begins Admission As Part Of Ambedkar University

Eleven teachers of Delhi University’s Academics for Action and Development on Tuesday wrote to the university’s Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh seeking his “necessary intervention” after the College of Art (CoA) started its admission process as a part of the Ambedkar University. The CoA offers master’s and bachelor’s courses in fine arts. In the letter, the 11 […]

Manipal Academy of Higher Education wins Legal Battle With Namesake Clones, Using Manipal Brand Name

Manipal Academy of Higher Education wins Legal Battle With Namesake Clones, Using Manipal Brand Name

Termed “unfair’ and “not honest” by the Additional District and Sessions Court, Bengaluru, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Institute of Eminence Deemed to be University) (MAHE) has crossed a major hurdle in its legal battle against its namesake clones that have been using the ‘Manipal’ brand name and trademark for their own profit-making initiatives […]

Focus Is On Implementation Issues As UGC Allows Students To Pursue Two Full-time Degrees Simultaneously

It's Raining Reforms in Higher Education: Deconstructing what UGC is Up To

Breaking away from its earlier rigid guidelines that allowed students to take upon only one full-time degree at a time, the University Grants Commission recently announced that students can now voluntarily choose to pursue two degrees of the same level at the same time from recognized institutes. While it has the potential to widen students’ […]

New Digital Opportunities in Education will Bring Better Governance, Access, and Relevance

New Digital Opportunities in Education will Bring Better Governance, Access, and Relevance

The strong digital push for education in the Union Budget 2022-23 has laid the foundation for a modern skill development ecosystem. The proposed ‘Digital University’ and ‘Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood’ (DESH-Stack portal) will potentially scale access to high-quality education online for millions of Indians. As importantly, these initiatives will create an ecosystem for […]

AICTE, UGC warn Students about Pursuing Online Degrees from Chinese Universities

AlCUEF Demands Implementation Of UGC Special Scheme For Non-Teaching Staff

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have cautioned students aspiring to study in universities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to “exercise due diligence in choosing where to pursue higher education” to avoid problems in employment and higher studies in the future. The notice states that […]

Education System Severely Affected due to Pandemic: Dharmendra Pradhan

All Local Languages Are National Languages Under The NEP: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said in Lok Sabha that the education system in the country got severely affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Now, the ministry of education is trying to bring many new changes on the bases of the New Education Policy (NEP). The NEP-2020 also envisions the setting up a Higher Education […]

Mixed Response from Educationists on UGC’s 4-Year UG Programme

UGC India’s Official Twitter Handle Hacked, Account Restored

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday invited comments/suggestions/feedback from all stakeholders on the draft framework ‘Curricular Framework and Credit System for Four Year UG Programme’. This has evoked a mixed response from the educationists of the state. The four-year undergraduate program (FYUGP) draft prepared by the UGC seeks to equip students with capacities in […]

Centre for Space Sciences inaugurated at Jammu Central University

Centre for Space Sciences inaugurated at Jammu Central University

On Saturday, Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science at the Central University of Jammu. During the inauguration, he mentioned that the first course with an intake capacity of 60 students will start from this year itself. “We will start the first course this year and the intake capacity will […]

NEP 2020 Aspires to Strengthen new Learning Paradigm says, Subhas Sarkar

NEP 2020 Aspires to Strengthen new Learning Paradigm says, Subhas Sarkar

Addressing the 8th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Education Subhas Sarkar stated that the New Education Policy 2020 aims to strengthen the new learning paradigm by adopting new education technologies or developing available in-house skills. He went on to state that the […]

NEET UG Counselling 2021: MCC Adds Additional Seats for MBBS, BDS in mop-up Round

NEET UG Counselling 2021: MCC Adds Additional Seats for MBBS, BDS in mop-up Round

NEET UG Counselling 2021: The exam conducting body Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released a notification related to the additional seats for MBBS, BDS counseling for NEET-UG 2021 on the official website, i.e., mcc.nic.in. The last date to register for the NEET UG mop-up round is March 14. OFFICIAL NOTICE The Medical Counselling Committee has […]