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New Education Bill to replace UGC, AICTE with regulatory council; Centre to hold more powerMarking a major shift, the Centre will also ensure that the new regulator is divested of all funding/grant mechanisms, which will instead b...
Lok Sabha passes resolution for election of two House members to IISc Bengaluru CouncilLok Sabha has approved the election of two Members of Parliament to the Council of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. Union...
HECI bill to be introduced in Parliament soon; medical, law colleges not to be brought under it: Dharmendra PradhanThe Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, which aims to establish a single higher education regulator, will be introduced to Pa...
India poised to become global knowledge superpower under leadership of PM Narendra Modi: Subhas Sarkar“India will become the global knowledge super power in the coming days under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Our Indian kno...
Agniveers can become graduates; UGC to allow 50% credits for in-service trainingThe University Grants Commission and the Indira Gandhi National Open University have also started working together to recognise the skills ...
Agnipath Scheme to offer multiple entry-exit points with appropriate certification at every levelThe Agnipath scheme will provide a special 3 year skill-based bachelor degree programme for serving defence personnel, in order to improve ...
Govt not against Ed-Tech companies but they can't be allowed where even IIMs can't go: AICTE chairman Anil SahasrabudheThe comments by the AICTE chairman come after the technical education regulator and University Grants Commission (UGC) warned universities ...
IIT Foundation for Accreditation to accredit engineering colleges in countryEngineering colleges in the country will no longer be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the role will be taken ov...
Government likely to drop single education regulator planThe govt has put the plan of setting up a single higher education regulator on burner amid serious concerns raised about the feasibility of...
After MCI, Niti Aayog to work on restructuring of UGC, AICTEOn MCI, the panel has firmed up the view that the MCI should be scrapped to increase the number of medical colleges in the country for prod...
Prakash Javadekar hints at greater autonomy for institutions of higher learningWe will come out with many more schemes, because I believe (when) colleges become more autonomous, they get more freedom to give more quali...
Funds won’t be a constraint for GIAN project, says governmentFunding will not be a constraint for the Global Initiative of Academic Networks project, which is aimed at strengthening research collabora...
Functioning of UGC, AICTE under review: Smriti IraniShe informed the House that "we are reviewing the (functioning of) UGC, AICTE and also NCTE, the demand which has come from across the stat...
Government withdraws UPA's bill on higher education, researchThe Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011 had sought to establish a National Commission for Higher Education and Research.
Women scientists enter IIT councilHRD ministry has nominated two women scientists Tessy Thomas and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath to the IIT council, the apex body of 16 IITs.
Government decides to amend AICTE ActThe government has decided to amend the AICTE Act to restore the technical education regulator’s power to approve engineering and managemen...
UGC bars affiliation to technical, management collegesThe UGC’s missive comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s April 25 judgment, which put management, or MBA programmes, outside the pale of ...
Ordinance for restoring AICTE powers: HRD Min clears proposalThe HRD Ministry today cleared a proposal to bring an ordinance restoring the powers of AICTE after a Supreme Court ruling that it was only...
Education sector: HRD ministry at full swingWith moves like Right To Education Bill and optional Xth boards, Sibal's Ministry is on a roll.
- Yashpal panel to review UGC’s role
Turf war and political compulsions may have rung the death knell for the National Commission for Higher Education.