The commission has reiterated the implementation of the ‘One Student, One Tree’ concept, in which college students plant as well as nurture at least one tree during the course of their stay on campus. read more

Strict guidelines, penalties and awareness programmes can help tackle the problem read more

According to a senior official, a review meeting was called by the higher education secretary R Subrahmanyam, which was also attended by Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi. read more

The universities may constitute panels to look into discrimination complaints received from the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Other Backward Class students, teachers and non-teaching staff, the regulator has said in a circular issued... read more

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