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Delhi Teachers University Bill Passed in the Assembly

Manish Sisodia: Government to Recommend School Reopening in DDMA Meeting

Delhi Teachers’ University Bill passed in the state assembly on Tuesday in order to build a world-class teachers’ training university offering programs like BA-BEd and BSc-BEd. The bill was introduced in the House on Monday by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. During a discussion on the Bill, he said the university will set a benchmark […]

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 […]

UGC Advises Universities to Teach Courses Based on Student ‘Demand’

Internationalisation of Higher Education in India: UGC brings regulations in accordance with NEP, 2020

The University Grants Commission has advised the central universities to teach courses based on student “demand” and “numbers”, raising the spectre of gradual elimination of some language and social science programmes at many institutions. Going by this directive, courses in humanities and the social sciences will gradually be closed down at public universities. Only professional […]

Union Education Minister Launches AICTE Prescribed Books in Regional Languages, NEAT 3.0

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

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0 to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses on a single platform. Alongside this, he also launched the regional language textbooks prescribed by AICTE. How NEAT Helped the Economically Disadvantaged He remarked NEAT will play a game-changing role in bridging the digital divide, particularly amongst economically disadvantaged […]

Guj: International Education Conference With Focus on NEP-2020 to be Held on Jan 5-6

Guj: International Education Conference With Focus on NEP-2020 to be Held on Jan 5-6

Ahmedabad, Jan 2 (PT) A two-day international conference of academic institutions will be organized here on January 5-6 in the run-up to the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, with a focus on the implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020. The conference will aim to “effectively clarify the way to strengthen the relationship of industries, […]

Engineering Education in Local Languages to Empower Students: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Edu Minister

Engineering education in local languages will prove to be an instrument of empowerment and further strengthen the engineering prowess of the country’s youth, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on December 27 while addressing the valedictory session of the 36th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC). Pradhan asserted that engineering education must not be restricted to only […]

Minister Of State For Education Subhas Sarkar To Release ARIIA Rankings 2021 Today

Minister Of State For Education Subhas Sarkar To Release ARIIA Rankings 2021 Today

The Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar will release the Atal Rankings of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) today, December 29. ARIIA Rankings lists top universities and colleges in India. The ARIIA India Ranking 2021 will be announced for nine categories – centrally funded technical institutions ( IITs, NITs, etc), state universities, state standalone […]

IIT Kanpur Creates Bio-Bubble a day Ahead of Convocation

IIT Kanpur Creates Bio-Bubble a day Ahead of Convocation

Prior to its 54th convocation ceremony to be held in a hybrid mode on Tuesday, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, prioritized the safety and security of attendees by conducting various health checks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the event as the chief guest while Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel and chief […]

IIT Kanpur Introduces Bio-Bubble and Conducts RT-PCR Tests to Ensure Safety for Students on Their 54th Convocation

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Prioritizing safety amidst COVID-19 and its new variant Omicron increasingly rapidly in number, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has created a bio-bubble for the convocation ceremony. As per the officials of IIT Kanpur, the convocation will be held in a hybrid mode on Tuesday, December 28. Last year, the convocation ceremony was held virtually. […]

Delhi to get First Teachers’ University, Admissions from 2022-2023

Delhi to get First Teachers' University, Admissions from 2022-2023

The Delhi cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal to set up the first Teachers’ University in the national capital.Addressing a press conference, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the ‘Delhi Teachers’ University’ Bill will be tabled in Delhi Vidhan Sabha in the upcoming session. What is Teachers’ University? The Delhi CM said that this […]