The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has started the registration process for the NEET PG 2021 counseling. Eligible candidates can visit the official website of MCC-mcc.nic.in for registration. As per the official website, the last date to apply for round 1 of the counseling is January 17, 2022. But before that, the MCC has recently notified […]
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07
Jan
Jan
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in line with the new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) has designed a new model curriculum, and according to the council, it will be launched shortly. As per Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE, they had introduced the first version of the model curriculum in 2017, before NEP 2020 […]
07
Jan
Jan
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has begun the registrations for the Vidyanjali Higher Education Volunteer Programme, which is aimed at creating a robust team of volunteers to build academic, training, and infrastructure support for institutions in higher educations. Volunteers can register for the program at vidyanjali-he.education.gov.in. It aims to benefit India’s 40 million students in […]
06
Jan
Jan
Union education minister and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan have launched ed-tech National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0 – a single platform to provide the best-developed tech solutions and courses to students of the country. At the NEAT 3.0 launch event on January 3, the minister also unveiled technical books in regional languages prescribed […]
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UGC Directive to Teach Courses Based on Student Demand Misunderstands Academic Worth, University Autonomy
06
Jan
Jan
The University Grants Commission (UGC)’s letter to central universities, asking them to teach courses based on student demand, is based on questionable academic logic. How many students queue up for a course often reflects how much it boosts the chances of their employment. While important, for a university, that must not be the only metric […]
06
Jan
Jan
Due to the rising Covid-19 cases and the surge of Omicron infections, the Maharashtra government has decided to discontinue physical classes in colleges and universities till February 15. The decision will apply to all state, deemed, private universities as well as technical Institutes and affiliated colleges. Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said […]
05
Jan
Jan
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 […]
04
Jan
Jan
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 […]
03
Jan
Jan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.As per an official statement issued by Prime Minister’s Office, the university is established at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of about ₹700 Crore. One of the key […]
03
Jan
Jan
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, […]