The number of foreign students coming to India’s Foreign Student Numbers for studies has surged by nearly 42 percent in less than a decade. However, the countries that send students to India have remained almost the same over the years,
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Titled Education 4.0 Report’, the report explains how technology can address learning gaps and make education accessible to all.
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Foreign University Brands can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India. The New Education Policy (NEP), 2020 made a significant change in the education arena when it paved the way for international institutions to establish campuses in the country. Many countries have been compelled by shifts in the world’s market economy to accept foreign sources in various ways. International Branch Campuses (IBCs) exemplify the notion of global education and provide a platform for innovation. Pranav Gupta Ashoka University Founder states, “Prior to the NEP, stringent government policy was the principal constraint on the capacity to collaborate creatively with Indian partners. If you look at the NEP from a wide perspective, it’s really just India waving its flag and declaring its intention to create one of the top higher education sectors in the world.”
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The need of the hour for education institutions in India is to produce Ready passouts capable of getting into the industry, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
Students passing out from institutions need to be able to serve the country’s development goals, the FM said at an event in Chennai. For this to happen, India first needs to understand what the industry requires, she added.
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IIT Madras Study Predicts Retained Efficacy of Spike Protein Vaccines Against Coronavirus Variants
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras Study) researchers have shown that spike protein vaccines may be effective against multiple variants of Coronavirus (SARS COV-2). The results of the IIT Madras study suggest that the attack by selected variants Delta plus, Gamma, Zeta, Mink and Omicron may be dealt with by vaccine-induced T-cell responses despite the compromised neutralising antibodies responses.
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From perceptible macro-level reforms to subtle nuanced shifts, India’s education system is undergoing a sea change under the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is now aiming at combining NEET and JEE (Main) with the CUET to create a One Nation One Exam for all purposes. Talking to Vibha Sharma, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar spoke about important issues concerning the students. Excerpts:
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Technical education regulator AICTE’s recent directive to colleges to accept the Class X and XII certificates issued by a new “Vedic board” comes without the scrutiny of the syllabuses & Without Syllabus Scan to assess whether these meet the requirements for admission to engineering courses, government sources said.
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The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) decided on September 21, that a cluster approach may be adopted by clubbing officers of both the regulators to deal with similar functions. According to an official statement, the decision was taken at a meeting of all the bureau heads of the […]
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Several of these universities are preparing their MoUs for the collaborations, UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar said. “These processes involve discussions and approvals within the university statutory bodies. Therefore, let us give them time to work on these matters,” he added. At least 49 overseas universities have expressed interest to collaborate with Indian universities academically, […]
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The University Grants Commission has written to vice-chancellors and principals of all universities and colleges in this regard following recommendations of a committee constituted last year by the education ministry to promote Indian languages. All higher education institutions in India must observe a Bharatiya Bhasha Divas on December 11 every year to create “language harmony” and develop a conducive […]