UGC to Fund Establishment of Community Colleges in Telangana, AP
This year Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are likely to get funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC) for establishment of 11 community colleges. To conduct additional classes for community colleges around Rs. More...
HRD Panel Recommends Scrapping of UGC
The committee headed by former UGC chairperson Hari Gautam, to review the working of the University Grants Commission has said that the regulator not only has “failed to fulfill its mandate but also has not More...
AICTE to open regional office in Kerala capital
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will soon open a regional campus here to meet the needs of technical institutions in Kerala. AICTE sources said Kerala affairs, now being More...
Should be no political interference in university decisions: Shashi Tharoor
There should be no political interference in the decisions of a university, says Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor after several MPs sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh‘s intervention More...
Ved Prakash: Accreditation is Mandatory for all UGC Institutions
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken a decision of mandatory accreditation for all universities and colleges coming under its purview. The aim is to improve the quality of higher education in the More...
UGC’s Proposal to set up Four Regional Centres of Educational Management
The University Grants Commission (UGC), in a meeting which was held for Proposed National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, has come up with an idea to set up four regional centres of educational management as More...
Teacher’s Evaluation by Students
In Indian Education System, it has been a standard norm that students are evaluated by the teachers. But now, the West Bengal Higher Education Council stated that, the students will get a scope to register their More...
UGC: New Guidelines for the Foreign Universities entering India
University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a new set of guidelines that only global top 500 universities by the Times Higher Education World University Ranking or by Shanghai Jiaotong University will be allowed More...
Bihar to have smaller Universities
The Bihar Government has decided to restructure existing universities in the state to increase the number of universities on the basis of guidelines from the University Grant Commission. Bihar Human Resources Development More...