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UGC Delegation Conducts On-Site Inspection At Jadavpur University Over Anti-Ragging Measures

In a poignant twist, the team will visit the primary boys' hostel, where the tragic incident occurred on August 10th.

04 September 2023

UGC announces new set of guidelines directing commencement of new academic session from October 1, admissions to be completed by September 30.

Expert Panel Set Up By UGC To Ensure Non-Discriminatory Environment For SC, ST Students In Universities

The institutions were also required to prohibit, prevent and also punish persons and authorities in institutions who harass or victimise any student on basis of caste, creed, religion, language, ethnicity, gender or...

06 August 2023

Many colleges across the country have opened and are following the hybrid format, but DU colleges are yet to open.

DU Colleges Asked To Keep Classrooms, Labs Open Till 8 Pm For 'Optimum' Use Of Resources

The varsity in the notification said it changed the timings based on the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to extend the benefit of all available resources to students. 

05 May 2023

Dharmendra Pradhan

JU Report To UGC 'Not Satisfactory', Centre Concerned Over Student's Death: Pradhan

The University Grants Commission had made certain suggestions on the anti-ragging system, the minister said, adding that these include the installation of CCTV cameras, a separate cell to deal with ragging cases, and a...

20 August 2023

CUET exam in Noida

Over 14 Lakh Candidates Set To Appear For CUET Exam

The UGC, in March last year, announced that undergraduate admissions will be conducted in all central universities through a common entrance test and not based on class 12 marks.

21 May 2023

M Venkaiah Naidu

It's High Time We Shed Colonial Legacy: Naidu Lauds UGC For 'Local Language' Push

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday asked universities to allow students to write exams in local languages even if the course is offered in English medium, while arranging evaluators and encouraging the...

20 April 2023

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Jadavpur Student Death: UGC Reprimands Varsity For 'Generic' Report, Lack Of Measures To Curb Ragging

 The UGC had sought a factual and action-taken report from the varsity after the 17-year-old student died after falling from a second-floor balcony of a hostel last week.

17 August 2023

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NEP 2020: The New Language Formula Is Identical To What Macaulay Proposed In 1835

Allow Students To Write Exams In Local Languages Even If Course Is In English Medium: UGC To Universities

The commission stressed that it is necessary to strengthen these efforts and "promote such initiatives as writing textbooks in the mother tongue/local languages and encouraging their use in teaching, including translating...

19 April 2023

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15 April 2023
Students Grievance Redressal Panels Must Have SC, ST, OBC, Women As Chief Or Members: UGC

Students Grievance Redressal Panels Must Have SC, ST, OBC, Women As Chief Or Members: UGC

The University Grants Commission has mandated that representatives from marginalized groups must be appointed as either chairperson or members of student...


19 March 2023
Rs 30 Cr Recovered From Varsities For Fee Refunds After Admission Cancellation In 2022-23 Academic Session: UGC Chief

Rs 30 Cr Recovered From Varsities For Fee Refunds After Admission Cancellation In 2022-23 Academic Session: UGC Chief

A large number of students come from economically weaker backgrounds. They should have the freedom to take admission in a better university, but they may not...


03 March 2023
Admission Through CUET To Only 20 Courses This Year, Jamia Tells UGC

Admission Through CUET To Only 20 Courses This Year, Jamia Tells UGC

The JMI offers admission into several programmes based on merit determined by an entrance test conducted by the university, and wherever applicable, followed...


18 February 2023
UGC Asks Governors, CMs To Encourage Teaching In Local Languages In Higher Education Institutions

UGC Asks Governors, CMs To Encourage Teaching In Local Languages In Higher Education Institutions

Teaching through Indian languages is a key area of focus of the National Education Policy 2020. The policy emphasizes the importance of teaching and teaching...


15 February 2023
UGC Develops Portal To Track Qualitative Reforms By Higher Education Institutions

UGC Develops Portal To Track Qualitative Reforms By Higher Education Institutions

The portal -- Undertaking Transformative Strategies and Actions in Higher Education (UTSAH) -- will be launched by the month's end to monitor the...


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13 February 2023
Over 690 Universities, 34,000 Colleges Operating Without NAAC Accreditation: Education Ministry

Over 690 Universities, 34,000 Colleges Operating Without NAAC Accreditation: Education Ministry

The new National Education Policy (NEP) envisions all higher educational institutions to aim, through their institutional development plans, to attain the...


06 February 2023
Over 30 Lakh Indians Went Abroad During 2017-22 For Higher Education: Govt

Over 30 Lakh Indians Went Abroad During 2017-22 For Higher Education: Govt

The minister was also asked if it is a fact that the money being spent by Indian students abroad is more than the education budget of the country, and if the...


02 February 2023
IIH To Provide Higher Education, Foster Research On India's Heritage, Conservation: Government

IIH To Provide Higher Education, Foster Research On India's Heritage, Conservation: Government

Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy was asked in in Rajya Sabha whether the government is establishing new central universities of culture in the country, to...


29 December 2022
UGC-NET Is To Be Conducted From Feb 23 To Mar 10

UGC-NET Is To Be Conducted From Feb 23 To Mar 10

National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Thursday that the National Eligibility Test (NET) will be conducted from February 23 to March 10, 2023. 


10 December 2022
UGC New Draft Norms: UG 'honours' Degree Only After Completing 4 Years And Not Three

UGC New Draft Norms: UG 'honours' Degree Only After Completing 4 Years And Not Three

The FYUP also allows multiple entry, exit options to students. If they leave before three years, they will be allowed to rejoin within three years of their...


09 December 2022
Maulana Azad National Fellowship To Discontinue From This Academic Year, Says Centre

Maulana Azad National Fellowship To Discontinue From This Academic Year, Says Centre

Launched in 2009, the Maulana Azad National Fellowship provided five-year financial assistance to students from six notified minority communities –...


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12 October 2022
Foreign Varsities Waiting For Government Guidelines To Set Up Campuses In India: UNiSA Officials

Foreign Varsities Waiting For Government Guidelines To Set Up Campuses In India: UNiSA Officials

The new National Education Policy (NEP) states that the world's top 100 universities will be "facilitated" to operate in the country through a new law. The...


16 September 2022
CUET-UG 2022 Results: 20,000 Candidates Score 100 Percentile, Universities To Prepare Own Merit Lists

CUET-UG 2022 Results: 20,000 Candidates Score 100 Percentile, Universities To Prepare Own Merit Lists

English has the maximum number of candidates (8,236) with 100 percentile score, followed by political science (2,065), business studies (1,669), biology...


08 September 2022
NEET-UG Results: Over 9.93 Lakh Candidates Clear Exam, Rajasthan's Tanishka Bags Top Rank

NEET-UG Results: Over 9.93 Lakh Candidates Clear Exam, Rajasthan's Tanishka Bags Top Rank

The maximum number of candidates who have qualified the exam are from Uttar Pradesh (1.17 lakh), followed by Maharashtra (1.13 lakh) and Rajasthan (82,548).


21 August 2022
25% Extra Seats, No Entrance Test For Foreign Students: UGC's Plan To Increase International Outreach

25% Extra Seats, No Entrance Test For Foreign Students: UGC's Plan To Increase International Outreach

Indian HEIs may admit international students based on the equivalence of entry qualification held by them. The equivalence is to be determined by UGC or any...


14 August 2022
Need To Rewrite Our Nation's History And Free It From Prejudices, Distortions: Haryana CM

Need To Rewrite Our Nation's History And Free It From Prejudices, Distortions: Haryana CM

Many attempts over the past 70 years could not free India's education policy from the Lord Macaulay's system of education until the National Education Policy...


08 August 2022
UGC Asks Higher Education Institutions To Create Awareness About 'Har Ghar Tiranga' Campaign

UGC Asks Higher Education Institutions To Create Awareness About 'Har Ghar Tiranga' Campaign

The Ministry of Culture has developed a website -- www.harghartiranga.com -- where citizens are encouraged to pin a flag and upload a selfie with the...


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