Tag: Higher education
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Budget 2019: Rs 400 cr allocated for boosting higher education
The amount, provided under the head "World Class Institutions", is more than three times the revised estimates for the previous year.
July 5, 2019 -
In Siliguri school, girls vow not to marry until graduation
"As we welcomed the new comers, we made everyone, especially the girls, aware of the fact that they could be independent women in life if they choose to continue their education up to graduation at least," school officials said.
June 29, 2019 -
Australia is pulling power as a strong higher education and research destination
The US was the preferred higher education destination but recent years have witnessed a strong rethink, with Australia rapidly emerging as a credible alternative
January 18, 2019 -
‘Must define regulation, autonomy’
Prof Jatin Bhatt, Vice-Chancellor of Ambedkar University, speaks on issues ranging from his expectations from the national education policy to whether a regulatory body for higher education is needed
January 5, 2019 -
Number of Indian students in United States continue to rise
Indians constituted the second largest community of international students, comprising 18 per cent of the total, with China topping the list with one-third of the total international students.
November 13, 2018 -
Popularity of overseas education
Opportunities for studying abroad have increased by leaps and bounds for their state-of-the-art infrastructure, good exposure and global recognition of degrees.
October 23, 2018 -
Need for quality assurance
The long-term survival of numerous educational institutions that have received accreditations in the last two decades depends on their ability to perform.
October 16, 2018 -
A crucial component
Imparting higher education among the youth helps bridge socio-economic gaps, which in the long run will gear up India's development.
September 4, 2018 -
Flawed Bill~I
We, the stakeholders of higher education in India, have grown up with the UGC Act, 1956 in so far as our academic and administrative matters are concerned. There is no denying that in the public interest, there is a case for amending the six-decades-old UGC Act and strengthening the entity so that it can effectively …
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August 14, 2018 -
Higher education: HP 2nd in enrolment of ST women
Ranked next to UK, Himachal Pradesh had witnessed a steady rise in GER since 2015.
August 2, 2018 -
It’s time we thought again about higher education
For a society that prides itself on the value it places on education, India’s higher education institutions have much catching up to do. There is not a single Indian university ranked in the top 250 of the Times 2018 ranking of the world’s top universities. Only two universities have been ranked in the top 500. …
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July 29, 2018 -
Access to higher education still a privilege in India: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind today said that although India was the third-largest education system in the world, access to higher education was still a privilege in the country.
July 7, 2018 -
Remembering a great teacher
Higher education in India has become a topic of lost glory. One wonders where all those people have gone who left their mark on lives of young people. One such outstanding person was Mother Colmcille, an Australian Nun teaching English at Loreto College, Calcutta. It is people like her who made Loreto education what it …
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July 7, 2018 -
Learning as an Enterprise
Since the 1990s, there has been a massive expansion of India’s higher education sector. In less than 30 years, according to the UGC’s annual report of 2016-17, the number of students enrolled has been a staggering 29.43 million of which girls constitute about 49 per cent. The annual growth-rate in terms of enrolment is about …
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July 4, 2018 -
Gross enrolment ratio in higher education has gone up: Qamar
India has emerged as the largest system of higher education found anywhere in the world, including nearly 900 universities and over 40,000 colleges and additioal 12,000 stand alone institutions for higher studies, said Furqan Qamar, secretary general of the Association of Indian Universities. The achievement is significant as compared to the situation at the time …
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May 9, 2018 -
Paradigm shift in higher education
Degrees designed to make graduates ‘think’ are likelier to spill over into entrepreneurial innovations and inventions of the future.
March 27, 2018 -
Underemployment is a bigger problem in HP
Underemployment is a bigger challenge than unemployment in Himachal Pradesh, thanks to the myopic vision of successive state governments, who took pride in providing higher education facilities to youth sans matching jobs. As a psyche, the youth in HP is more inclined to public sector jobs within the state, which have shrunk over the years …
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March 19, 2018