Higher Education
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Post Covid, higher education in Northeast India sees uptick
Education | Sep 02, 2021, 05:34 PM ISTStakeholders, ranging from parents to educators, say region-based universities have emerged as viable higher education contenders, as opposed to learners migrating to other states in the Covid era
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Goa: Physical classes to resume for higher education institutes
Higher Studies | Aug 17, 2021, 08:11 AM ISTGoa government on Monday decided to allow institutes imparting higher education to hold offline classes for students with all protocols in place.
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Chandigarh colleges to reopen from today
News | Aug 11, 2021, 04:44 PM ISTWith the decline in the number of COVID cases, the Chandigarh administration announced to allow institutions of higher education to reopen from August 11.
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World Universities Summit 2021 focuses on Covid-19's impact on global higher education system
Education | Jul 26, 2021, 06:08 PM ISTThe Summit also brought into focus the sharp gaps in higher education that were exposed as rapid changes had to be implemented and there were issues of the digital divide preventing access to continued education for many.
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Disaster Management will be taught as compulsory subject in colleges in Odisha
Education | Jul 24, 2021, 10:04 AM ISTA course on disaster management will be taught as a compulsory subject during the first year at colleges in Odisha, the state's Higher Education minister Arun Sahoo said.
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THE Impact Ranking 2021: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham becomes one of world's top 100 institutes
Education | Apr 22, 2021, 05:43 PM ISTApart from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, there are two other varsities in the 101-200 band, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, and Lovely Professional University
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AICTE says merger of education regulators including UGC, NCTE will take place this year
Education | Mar 19, 2021, 06:39 PM ISTKey structural reforms in the education sector, especially the merger of regulators leading to the creation of Higher Education Commission of India(HECI), will happen this year, AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe said on Thursday.
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Delhi Budget: Law university, English speaking course on cards for higher education students
Education | Mar 09, 2021, 04:19 PM ISTTo improve English communication skills amongst the youth, the Directorate of Higher Education also proposed a scheme for students who have completed schooling.
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Where do Indian universities stand in THE world rankings for UN SDGs
Education | Jan 17, 2020, 11:44 PM ISTTHE - Chief Knowledge Officer Phil Baty said that India’s participation has grown very rapidly in the global rankings’ arena
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Indian students pursuing higher education in US sees 3 percent jump in 2018-19
Education | Nov 18, 2019, 08:34 PM ISTThe total number of Indians pursuing their higher education in the US has grown for the sixth consecutive year, the US embassy in New Delhi said in a release.
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Indian soldier quits service to pursue higher education
India | Oct 01, 2019, 08:32 PM ISTThe 23-year-old son of a mechanic applied for premature retirement and the Army was quite generous in expediting his request so that he can join the course in January next year.
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HRD ministry releases five-year vision plan to transform higher education
India | Jun 29, 2019, 06:29 AM ISTThe report has been termed as Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP), which will be taken to the Cabinet for approval after inter-departmental consultations.
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Cabinet nod to single corpus fund for secondary and higher education
National | Aug 16, 2017, 06:17 PM ISTCabinet today approved creation of a single corpus fund in which all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited and utilised for the government's schemes in education sector.
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India's higher education sector over-regulated: Niti Aayog
India | Jul 14, 2017, 09:42 PM IST"Over-regulation needs to be completely scrapped. We should be facilitators instead of being inspectors. We are working to create an easy and simple regulatory framework," Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.
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All-encompassing education regulator in offing may replace UGC and AICTE: report
Education | Jun 06, 2017, 03:23 PM ISTThe NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Human Resource Development are working on a new law that, if implemented, would scrap the UGC and the AICTE and replace them with one regulator
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RSS-backed body pitches for greater autonomy to higher education institutions
India | Jul 05, 2015, 11:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: At a time when HRD Ministry is being accused of trying to tighten its control over higher education institutions, an RSS-backed body has slammed the present system as one breeding "inefficiency and corruption"
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Student from troubled Kashmir area cracks AIIMS test
India | Jun 23, 2015, 10:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: A young man from a militancy-plagued region in Jammu and Kashmir has cracked the AIIMS medical entrance test and is itching to join the country's premier medical institute as a doctor.Shahid Nabi, a
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MP to launch scheme to help children of cops in higher education
India | Aug 31, 2014, 03:05 PM ISTIndore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has assured policemen in the state that his government will soon implement a scheme to provide assistance to their children in higher education."The state government is framing
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President concerned over India's lack of currency printing ability
India | Aug 25, 2014, 07:55 AM ISTKolkata: Expressing concern over India's inability to produce paper or ink for its currency notes, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the importing of the materials exposed the country to the menace of fake Indian
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Abdul Kalam calls for big investment to promote research
India | Jul 24, 2014, 06:35 PM ISTShillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Thursday said there is not enough funding for basic science in India and called for 'big' investment to promote researches in higher education."There is not enough funding for