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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
TopicHigher education institutes

Topic: Higher education institutes

Certificate courses on Indian holy sites, Vedic maths — UGC plan to boost foreign student intake

UGC has released guidelines listing 46 courses, which will be divided into five units, each spread over 60 hours, and can be taught in hybrid mode.

Narsee Monjee institute barred from offering online, distance courses for ‘violating UGC norms’

In a statement to ThePrint, the Maharashtra-based Narsee Monjee Institute for Management Studies said 'it is reviewing the UGC notice & is working to resolve the situation'.

‘Student Service Centres, tie-ups with AIIMS & NIMHANs, gyms’ — new UGC rules focus on physical & mental health

Guidelines also state that activities of student centres may be graded by NAAC, NBA and NIRF. Move comes month after govt told Parliament there have been 33 suicides at IITs since 2018.

Expensive crash courses, students dropping out of school – how CUET is driving change in higher education

While private school students are dropping out to enroll in crash courses for CUET, those who cannot afford these coaching classes feel they are at a disadvantage.

Higher education evaluation must focus on skills, outcomes and not just marks, says UGC

UGC released a ‘Quality Mandate’ last week, emphasising on the need to change the current ‘rigid' evaluation system that focuses on rote learning to a more outcome-based system.

‘Hybrid teaching’ to the rescue as colleges look for smooth run in 2021-22 session

India has initiated Covid vaccination, but experts suggest those who don’t qualify in 4 priority groups identified may have to wait until 2022 to get the shot. Colleges have taken note.

Online classrooms during Covid-19 mean students should demand fee discounts

Classroom spaces are conducive to interaction, force students to engage and promote peer learning but all that has stopped due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Goyal’s gravity gaffe and a revolt in the states over traffic fines

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

To reform education, Modi govt makes institutions accountable for their funds

Institutions will get interest-free loans from HEFA, which will leverage funds from the market and supplement them with donations and CSR funds.

‘The List’ is a time’s-up moment for savarna feminism

The only mantra to fight woke misogyny right now is in three words, “I believe you”, and to provide pro bono legal support to victims of professors on the list.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.