IIMC gets deemed university status
The step has been taken following an advice given to this effect to the Ministry of Education by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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.
Appointments for ‘Professors of Practice’ (PoPs) have started in universities across the country as Central Universities (CUs) started adopting the PoP scheme in various domains.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) has asked universities across the country to develop textbooks in regional languages so that students can learn and write examinations in their respective languages.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) in India has decided to form a new curriculum for the National Eligibility Test (NET) examination that is mandatory for individuals aspiring to pursue teaching positions in higher education.
Union Minister Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF Rankings 2022.
University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) advised Indian students not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education while stating that such degrees wouldn't be recognised in India.
The UGC will be entitled to hold a single PhD entrance test through which all universities and colleges must fill 40 per cent of their PhD seats in every subject. The rest of the 60 per cent seats will be filled on the basis of students’ scores in the National Eligibility Test that is held mainly for the post of assistant professors.
Talking to the Statesman, Prof M Jagadesh Kumar said that it was one of the most important parts of the NEP2020 (National Education Policy). “This would do away with the inequality in the education system of different boards and create a level playing field for all the students of various state universities.
Very pertinently has it been pointed out that students will spend three semesters learning things that they have learnt in school. In point of fact, the Honours subject has been accorded an astonishingly minor rating in the overall construct. Not before the third semester will the students be taught the Honours subject, a discipline that is reinforced at the post-graduate level.