The official said the ministry may try to finish the process of going through the suggestions by the end of July and take the draft NEP to the cabinet thereafter. read more

Soucres say, HRD minister Ramesh Chandra Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, in his first set of meetings with senior ministry officials, suggested that the IIT Council meeting just once a year seemed “inadequate”. read more

“The general development fund, block grants, other sources of the universities, higher education institutions may be used for paying the honorarium,” the UGC letter said. read more

The colleges are planning to divide the sections from this academic session as the existing classrooms will not be able to accommodate the additional strength read more

The move comes following concern raised by various quarters about lowering quality of research in the country and duplication of subjects on which PhDs are done. read more

The move comes following concern raised by various quarters about degrading quality of research in the country and duplication of subjects on which PhDs are done. read more

The teachers will now have to attend a mandatory one-month course focusing on Constitutional values, pedagogy, research, and development as part of the induction programme. read more

The process has begun again, from March this year. Still, there are around 6,000 vacancies in the 40 central universities alone, the first official said. read more

The students, led by the university students’ union and members of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, also submitted a memorandum with the vice-chancellor, dean of students and dean of colleges, requesting relaxation in attendance. read more

While some feel power to decide the curricula helps, others say it doesn’t mean much without say in finances read more

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has prohibited imparting distance degree programmes in agriculture. read more

The Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union will protest against the University of Mumbai next week for non-revision of teachers’ salaries as per the 7th Pay Commission, apathy by the varsity towards teachers’ complaints and scheduling college... read more

The decision was taken in a meeting of the board of governors of KV Sangathan on February 20. Union human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar is the chairman of the board. read more

However, such teachers should not hold any administrative position in the university\/college during their term as MPs\/MLAs so their legislative work does not suffer. read more

Trans-disciplinary research is a team effort by investigators from different disciplines to create new conceptual and theoretical innovations that go beyond the confines of a subject-specific approach, a UGC official said, not wishing to be named. read more