In a second notification, higher education regulator UGC has also asked educational institutions to adjust hostel/mess fees charged from students during Covid-19.
UGC order comes after CBSE writes to commission saying some universities have already begun admissions process. CBSE Class 12 final results are expected in last week of July.
UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar is expecting more universities to join the list in coming months. The entrance test for postgraduate courses will be conducted in last week of July.
Guidelines given for research internships, which are mandatory for graduation under NEP. Also required for students who want to exit with certificate or diploma after 1 or 2 years.
UGC also thinking of holding test twice a year, says M. Jagadesh Kumar. CUET announced in March for UG admissions to central universities, but other institutions are also adopting it.
M. Jagadesh Kumar says UGC will clarify the process, legal & bureaucratic frameworks. In a 2021 survey, foreign universities had cited govt approvals, fee regulation as challenges.
New test to be conducted by universities/colleges to complement NET/JRF. Policy document lays out syllabus, qualifying marks, guidelines for areas of research, supervisors’ duties.
PM Modi asked stakeholders to speed up process in webinar Monday. Plan is to get universities to come together to form digital system that enrols students as single unit.
Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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