The Ministry of Education has given an additional charge to Vineet Joshi, the current Secretary of the Department of Higher Education. He is appointed as the chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC). This decision has been taken following the retirement of the previous UGC chairman, Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar. Joshi will discharge his duties […]
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THE UNIVERSITY Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) have issued a notice advising people against signing up for online PhDs offered by edtech companies in collaboration with foreign educational institutions, saying such programmes are not recognised by it. In the notice, the higher education regulators said students and the […]
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PROFESSOR OF Practice, a faculty position which can be filled by industry and professional experts even without formal academic qualifications, will now be allowed in higher education institutions, according to guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday. Up to 10 per cent of the sanctioned posts in a higher education institution can […]
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In a development that sets the stage for establishment of the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), a committee has been set up to prepare a roadmap for University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to work together as a single regulatory entity. The committee, set up by UGC […]
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With the government’s proposal of making the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) an “institute of national importance” on the back burner, the NCERT is now vying for another tag — deemed to be university. NCERT, an autonomous academic body advising the Centre on matters of school education, is learned to have applied […]
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Two years after the launch of the National Education Policy 2020, which proposed the setting up of a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), the Centre is reworking a draft of the Bill that will bring to life the proposed regulatory body for college and university-level education, cutting across disciplines. Setting up of the proposed […]
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has approached the higher education regulator over universities starting admissions to undergraduate programmes without waiting for the announcement of its Class 12 results. The Board has requested the University Grants Commission (UGC) to direct all higher education institutions to plan their admission calendar keeping the date of CBSE’s […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate a three-day seminar at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) which will see participation of more than 400 academic experts and heads of higher education institutes who will discuss the implementation of the National Education Policy. A press conference was convened on Wednesday at BHU by University Grants Commission […]
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