scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicHigher education

Topic: higher education

Mouldy walls, ‘delayed classes’, falling rank — crisis at Delhi govt’s Ambedkar University

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.

Which class did you teach, how many students came? Bihar govt order to keep tabs on college teachers

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.

Women occupying permanent faculty positions in higher education institutions up by 61%, govt tells LS

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.

SubscriberWrites: Time to revisit governance of state universities

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.

Haryana govt withdraws order on ‘self-funding’ plan for state universities. Teachers welcome move

Order issued on 29 May had asked universities to raise funds from various sources & reduce dependence on government funds. The move was criticised by state's teaching community.

4 SAARC university professors suspended for ‘misconduct’, accused of ‘inciting student protest’

Suspensions come months after South Asian University was rocked by student protests seeking an increase in the monthly stipend for Master’s and PhD programmes, among other demands.

BS for arts courses & ‘Hons with Research’: UGC expert panel suggests new degree nomenclature

Recommendations released by UGC Thursday. They come at a time when the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is afoot.

Teachers slam Haryana govt’s ‘self-funding’ plan for state universities — ‘shirking responsibility’

Principal secy of higher education has asked state universities to generate their own funds from alumni, CSR, public-private projects, research grants, patents etc.

UGC directs institutes to empanel in-house ‘kala gurus’ to counter ‘mechanical way’ of teaching

University Grants Commission feels kala gurus at higher education institutions will provide 'immense practical experience' & help professionals, art forms find new energy.

Earn while you learn, bridge courses — UGC’s new proposals to help disadvantaged students

Higher education regulator has released draft guidelines to make universities and colleges ‘more inclusive, equitable, and sensitive to Socio–Economically Disadvantaged Groups’.

On Camera

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.