Ministry of Education in process of drafting bill for unified higher education body: MoS to Lok SabhaThe Ministry of Education is drafting a bill to establish the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) as a unified regulatory body. Thi...
21 Jul, 2025, 04.44 PM IST
Proposed HECI could lead to closure of institutions in rural areas, fuel privatisation: Par panelThe Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) aims to replace current regulators such as UGC and AICTE, potentially leading to closures o...
04 Feb, 2025, 09.54 PM IST
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...
11 Oct, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
Supreme Court upholds Uttarakhand 2013 decision denying nod for more than 2500 B.Ed seats as it can't offer extra jobsA bench of justices M R Shah and MM Sundresh set aside the Uttarakhand High Court order which had quashed the communication dated July 16, ...
10 Nov, 2022, 08.44 PM IST
Education Ministry in process of drafting bill for setting up Higher Education Commission: Dharmendra PradhanThe Higher Education Commission of India, envisages replacing autonomous bodies like the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Coun...
26 Jul, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
Modi government to dissolve UGC, set up new Higher Education CommissionThe govt today announced a complete overhaul of the apex higher education regulator - UGC, repeal of the UGC Act, 1951 and a fresh legislat...
28 Jun, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
Near total enrollment, improved infra; So what's the problem with our education system?You only need a diploma in education (Class 12 plus a two-year DEd course) and pass the government’s Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to teac...
27 Oct, 2017, 06.56 AM IST
NCTE's 2011 notification on TET marks weightage not mandatory: Supreme CourtThe Uttar Pradesh government had also contended that there was no conflict in the notifications issued by the NCTE and the amendment in the...
25 Jul, 2017, 09.27 PM IST
Government has plans to set up Kendriya Vidyalayas in all LS constituencies: Smriti IraniSmriti Irani said that the Ministry has plans to set up KVs in all LS constituencies in the country and efforts are on to get adequate budg...
21 Dec, 2015, 02.47 PM IST
NCTE appoints Xchanging plc its e-Governance Service Provider for next three yearsFor this, the company has designed, developed and implemented an e-governance solution to meet their regulatory functions.
24 Sep, 2015, 02.18 PM IST
At least twice a week yoga classes for CBSE affiliated schoolsAYUSH Minister Shripad Yasso Naik said yoga education has also been made a compulsory part of study and practice by National Council for Te...
21 Jul, 2015, 09.03 PM IST
HRD minister likely to form coordinating body for educational regulatorsRejecting an over-arching body subsuming existing regulators in the higher edu sector, govt has decided to come up with a coordinating body
03 Jun, 2013, 10.01 PM IST
- Sibal to meet education ministers of UP, Bihar and Bengal today
Keen to ensure that the Right to Education doesn’t gather dust and is properly implemented, human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil...
28 May, 2010, 04.44 AM IST
- Amend teacher recruitment laws: Centre to West Bengal
The advisory from the central government is in response to an advertisement issued by the West Bengal government about two months ago to re...
06 Nov, 2009, 03.37 AM IST
- HRD min, Plan panel split on cos in education
The Planning Commission and the ministry of human resource development seem to be at odds yet again on the nature of private participation ...
10 Nov, 2007, 02.52 AM IST
- Plan panel-HRD tussle over private participation in education
The Planning Commission and the ministry of human resource development seem to be at odds yet again on the nature of private participation ...
08 Nov, 2007, 03.37 AM IST
- Varsities set to train teachers, NCTE to exit
Teacher training, the weak link of the Indian education system, is set to undergo a change. Training will be decentralised, with universiti...
25 May, 2007, 02.21 AM IST