Injecting caste into the campus
Before diving into the raging UGC controversy gripping the nation, I would like to share a personal note as a teacher-one that I often repeat to my students.
Before diving into the raging UGC controversy gripping the nation, I would like to share a personal note as a teacher-one that I often repeat to my students.
The suspended City Magistrate of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, who recently made headlines after resigning from his post, met Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati at Vidya Math in Kedar Ghat on Sunday evening.
“The government is committed to ensuring justice for all,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told media persons on a question regarding the regulation.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the operation of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, and said that certain political groups were indulging in 'dirty politics' over the issue.
The University Grants Commission’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 marks a decisive shift in how caste -based discrimination on campuses is addressed.
A delegation from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday met University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar and submitted him a memorandum ,highlighting important issues related to the higher education system and students.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) on Thursday released a notification titled Draft UGC (Minimum Standards of Instructions in the Award of UG and PG Degrees) making major changes like biannual admissions, provisions of multiple entry and exit, flexibility for students, minimum attendance requirements etc.
In a significant move, universities and other higher education institutions (HEI) in the country can admit students twice a year instead of the existing system of once annually.
The step has been taken following an advice given to this effect to the Ministry of Education by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Among the 21 universities, 17 are state-run while the remaining four are private operating universities.
