The order comes in view of improving pandemic situation in much of the country, and asks institutions to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour & govt protocols.
Pandit’s appointment confirmed after acting V-C M Jagadesh Kumar was made UGC chairperson last week. She is currently a professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
The UGC Friday issued guidelines on examinations and academic calendars in view of Covid-19 to all universities and colleges, and said that 2021-22 session must begin by 1 October.
Petition says UGC plan will widen ‘structural differences', 'implement bureaucratic surveillance network that would help govt curb opposing voices’ in higher education institutes.
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.
Govt report finds Gross Enrolment Ratio of SC/ST students at undergraduate level is lower than national average of 26.3%. UGC says it has taken steps to improve these numbers.
When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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