India's higher education faces a critical crisis fueled by excessive research demands and publication pressures. It's time to prioritize quality learning over quantity in academia.
Campus to open in Gurugram next year, website to be launched this October with details on admission process & scholarships. University will take in 150-200 students in the first year.
Oppn terms it tactic to divert from core issues, while others welcome move while adding it should be followed by measures to improve quality of education in state-run colleges.
Inititiative's goal is to modernise 8,679 high schools in eastern state. Rural areas, were electrictiy supply is not steady as in cities, are were it faces challenges.
Other sought-after destinations include Germany & Russia, among others. However, many countries like Australia, Canada & UK have introduced visa restrictions for students in past yr.
Ambedkar University was set up in 2008 by Delhi govt to focus on research in social sciences & humanities. Fifteen years later, grave questions surround its functioning.
Teachers will now have to fill out forms with details of classes they taught. There is a general complaint among college students that teachers don't complete syllabus, says official.
Number of female PhD candidates has also increased to 95,088 in 2020-21 from 59,242 in 2016-17, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tells Lok Sabha, credits it to UGC initiatives.
it is worthwhile to reflect back on the issue and ensure a more satisfactory governance at state-level universities, much required for raising the standards of higher education.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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