Even before a new session begins, all leading universities and other higher education institutions in the country are busy setting up social media cells to connect all students and staff with MHRD. read more

According to the letter sent to all heads of higher educational institutions (HEI), the ministry requested them to “identify one faculty\/non- faculty member as a ‘Social Media Champion’ in every institute. read more

The good news is that most children are now enrolled in schools. The question is: why are our students not learning sufficiently? We must ask whether the teacher is teaching, and how well is she or he teaching? Our pedagogical practices require serious... read more

To explain the rationale behind the move, the official cited the murder of 7-year-old Pradyuman Thakur by a Class XI student in the toilet of a Gurugram school on September 8, 2017. read more

In his letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Tuesday, Sisodia said his government did not agree to the ministry’s proposal for recruitment staff to colleges of Delhi University during the election season, whether they are partially... read more

Under the MoU — to be signed between the DU, the MHRD and the University Grants Commission (UGC) — universities have to mention methods of internal fund generation such as “fee hike” and the amount they wish to take as loan for development from the Higher... read more

According to a recent circular by the ministry, weight of schoolbag of Class 1 and 2 students shall not exceed 1.5kg. The allowed weight of schoolbags for Class 3 to 5 is 2-3kg, for Classes 6 to 7 is 4kg, for classes 8 to 9 is 4.5kg and for Class-10... read more

The HRD Ministry on Wednesday established an innovation cell at the AICTE with an aim to brainstorm new ideas about promoting innovation in all higher education institutions across India. read more

The review is taking place in the context of an MoU that was signed between universities, the MHRD and the University Grants Commission. read more

The MoU —to be signed between the varsity, the MHRD and the UGC — was first sent to the DU and other educational institutions in October last year. read more

Through its power to grant and revoke authorisation and order closure of institutions after enquiry, for 864 universities, 40,026 colleges and 11,669 standalone institutions (All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17), HECI will have the power to... read more

The plan to scrap the UGC has been in the works for several years now, necessitated by the fact that India’s higher education landscape has changed phenomenally from the time the UGC was set up in 1956. At that time, there were only 20 universities and... read more

The vice-chancellor says criticism of introduction of OMR-based objective questions by some teachers and principals is unfair because UGC NET, civil services exam and all other major competitive exams are based on objective type questions read more

Padam Shri Prof RC Sobti, vice chancellor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, is not entitled to draw full pay with his pension and pensionary benefits as he has drawn the same as a retired professor of Punjab University, according to the Ministry... read more

A five-member expert committee set up by the University Grants Commission has submitted a very critical report of the functioning of Allahabad University to the centre. The report has now been sent to AU for its comments on the findings. read more