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Topic: UGC

Tech, management courses focus of foreign universities setting up India campus, UGC chief cites ‘job prospects’

Courses offered could include cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, biotechnology, financial management & business analytics chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar told ThePrint.

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’.

UGC to higher education institutes: Let students write exam in mother tongue even if medium is English

By promoting teaching-learning in local language, the UGC aims to achieve its target of enhancing gross enrolment ratio in higher education from 27% to 50% by 2035.

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'.

Why India has more temples than palaces, Vedic maths & astronomy: Indian Knowledge Systems get UGC backing

In draft proposal released on 13 April, UGC laid down topics & rules based on which higher education institutions are required to create & provide curriculum on Indian Knowledge Systems.

Homeschooling & multiple entry-exit points for school students among reforms in UGC’s new credit framework

Final National Credit Framework report, released Tuesday, says homeschooling, online learning and alternative learning should be validated, and students given certificates & diplomas for them.

‘Sign of CUET popularity’ — pvt universities make up 50% of institutes registered for common test in 2nd year

Out of 233 varsities that have registered for CUET this year, 118 are private universities. Nearly 14 lakh students have applied for the exam as compared to 9.9 lakh in 2022.

On Camera

Satyajit Ray to Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound — how Martin Scorsese plays patron saint at Oscars

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.