The UGC has claimed there will be no de-reservation of teaching posts after the public outcry over its draft reservation guidelines. Why, then, did it include a chapter on the subject?
The education body through an official notification revealed that some universities were still accepting fresh MPhil applications despite UGC cancelling the program in 2022.
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.
These institutions will also be exempt from having to meet eligibility criteria of accreditation and ranking set by University Grants Commission, according to the new regulations.
Govt panel's report part of a larger effort to streamline process of accreditation and ranking through 'One Nation One Data (ONOD)', a proposed platform for data from education institutions.
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.
Extortion investigation against Vinay Kumar Pathak has revived old questions about CV fraud, plagiarism and also the ‘integrity’ of a panel that gave him a clean chit in 2018.
UGC's detailed curriculum framework for Four-Year Undergraduate Programme also gives students option to choose between 3-yr UG course & 4-yr UG course with research specialisation.
No. of private universities in India nearly doubled in past 7 years, but students say despite charging hefty fees, they fail to deliver on quality of teaching, placement & facilities.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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