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UGC NET Answer Key 2023 released, raise objections up to March 25; direct link

UGC NET Answer Key 2023 released, raise objections up to March 25; direct link

UGC NET Answer Key 2023: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the provisional answer key for UGC NET 2023 on its official website – https://ugcnet.nta.nic.in/.The UGC NET 2023 exam was conducted between February 21, 2023 and March 16, 2023. Candidates who appeared for the exam can download the provisional answer key from the official […]

UGC Proposes Norms To Connect Artists To Higher Education

Connect Artists To Higher Education

This would be in line with the National Education Policy 2020 that wants to bridge the gap between higher education and the arts (kala) by creating a strong bond between them, the commission said in the draft rules made public on Friday for feedback. Higher education institutions will soon empanel local artists and artisans as […]

UGC Chairman Holds Meeting To Review Progress Of NEP 2020 Implementation In CUs

UGC Chairman Holds Meeting

Students of all central universities are now part of the Academic Bank of Credits (ABV) as all these universities have now completed their registration with the portal. Moreover, the majority of the universities have adopted the guidelines of multiple entry and exit at the UG/ PG level and are creating provisions for implementing the same from the current session. […]

Government Plan To Let Foreign Universities Enter India Raises Concerns

Government Plan To Let Foreign Universities Enter India Raises Concerns

If the University Grants Commission (UGC) has its way, foreign universities may soon enter Indian shores. It has released the draft University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023, to facilitate this. Defending the rationale of the regulations the UGC Chairperson said that it was […]

Foreign University Campuses in India: No Proposal Yet from Foreign HEIs says MoS Education

Foreign University Campuses in India: No Proposal Yet from Foreign HEIs says MoS Education

Foreign University Campuses in India: According to the reports, India has witnessed a rise of 68% in the number of students who went abroad to pursue higher education, but no proposal on UGC’s draft has been made yet, the Minister of State (MoS) for Education Shubash Sarkar said. Read more details here Foreign University Campuses […]

UGC Releases Draft Guidelines And Curriculum Framework For Environment Education At Undergraduate Level

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

University Grant Commission (UGC) has released Draft Guidelines and Curriculum Framework for Environment Education at Undergraduate level, underlying that out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), six goals are directly linked to environmental protection and resource conservation. UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar told ANI that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 underlines the importance […]

No Proposal From Foreign Varsities To Set Campus In India Despite UGC’s Invitation Mos Education

No Proposal From Foreign Varsities To Set Campus In India Despite UGC’s Invitation Mos Education

Even as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has cleared foreign varsities to set campuses in the country, a proposal on the same is still missing, Subhash Sarkar, Minister of State (MoS) for Education, in a written reply to Lok Sabha, said. The minister was responding to a question on the measures taken by the government […]

Transforming Higher Education Through Foreign Universities in India

Transforming Higher Education Through Foreign Universities in India

In line with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has initiated several measures for the internationalization of the higher education system in India. For the first time, foreign universities will be able to set up their campuses in India, after the UGC on Thursday cut the first turf […]

India must Focus on Health and Education Post-Budget

Health and Education

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her last full budget for this government the day after tomorrow. It is quite likely that much of the big-picture details and minutiae would have been worked out, finalized and sent for printing. Given that the finance minister’s speech is almost baked, is there anything else left to […]

Budget 2023: Ed-tech to Build Better Bridges for Youth, Collaboration, and Tax Refunds

With digitization becoming the norm in the post-pandemic era, India’s ed-tech sector is expecting to see increased consumer demand and new business models in the upcoming year.As more emphasis is placed on the importance of upskilling in keeping up with quickly increasing technological innovations across industries, edtech plays an important role in developing a skilled […]