Data was shared by Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in Rajya Sabha Wednesday. Experts point to family pressures and urgency to get jobs among top reasons for dropping out.
Fund would be in addition to what CUs get from govt — 2023-24 budget set aside Rs 11,252.56 cr for them. Education ministry issued guidelines in 2022 to help CUs initiate process.
DU is all set to begin offering postgraduate and PhD programmes in Hindu Studies from this year. BHU is the only other central university offering similar courses.
According to education ministry, 6,549 positions across 45 central universities have been vacant. Many believe absorbing the ad-hoc and guest faculty members will help.
When it comes to registrars — the second-highest post in central universities — 2 in the current lot belong to the SC category in central universities and 5 to ST.
UGC chief M. Jagadesh Kumar says CUET will be used by all 45 central universities for undergraduate admission. For PG admissions, universities can choose to use CUET scores.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also gave data for suicides of OBC/SC/ST students. MoS Annapurna Devi gave details of ragging complaints & anti-ragging measures implemented.
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
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