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  UGC to release research fellowship amounts without insisting on confirmation from institutes

  Education | December 05, 2020 21:11 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday said that it will disburse the funds for research fellowship without insisting on monthly confirmation from their respective institutions for the eligible research scholars.

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  Adherence to duration of course, no franchising agreement: UGC's checklist for ODL programmes

  Higher Studies | September 03, 2020 12:57 IST

  Adherence to the duration of the academic session, the prohibition of franchising agreement and ensuring all activities are within territorial jurisdiction are on the checklist issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for students before enrolling in distance learning programmes.

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  UGC guidelines: Supreme Court decision on final year exams 2020 likely on August 26

  Higher Studies | August 24, 2020 12:28 IST

  Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court had reserved its judgment on a plea challenging UGC decision to hold final year exams by September end. The court had asked all the counsels to submit a note on their submission within three days.

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  UGC guidelines: Supreme Court's verdict on final year university exams will be announced soon

  Education | August 22, 2020 18:23 IST

  The Supreme Court verdict on the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines to the state universities on conducting final year exams by September end is expected to be out soon. The top court had reserved its order on August 18, 2020 on whether the central commission be allowed to conduct final year exams in state universities across the country.

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  Centre tells Supreme Court it has allowed UGC to conduct final year university exams

  Education | August 13, 2020 21:22 IST

  As the final decision on conducting Universities final term exams now depends on Supreme Court as it is hearing petitions, the Centre on Thursday told the top court that it has allowed University Grans Commission (UGC) to conduct final term exams in Universities keeping academic interests of the students

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  UGC welcomes multidisciplinary formula in New Education Policy

  News | July 31, 2020 22:08 IST

  The University Grants Commission welcomed multidisciplinary formula in New Education Policy 2020.

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  UGC Exam Guidelines: SC refuses to pass interim order, next hearing on Aug 10 | Highlights

  Education | July 31, 2020 14:15 IST

  The Supreme Court today is continuing hearing in the matter related to the pleas challenging University Grants Commission's (UGC) revised guidelines of conducting final year university exams across the country. During Thursday's hearing, UGC remained adamant on its decision of not cancelling the final year exams, asking all universities of conducting final year exams by September end.

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  Supreme Court issues notice to UGC on final year exams; hearing on July 31 | HIGHLIGHTS

  Higher Studies | July 27, 2020 14:47 IST

  The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear petitions challenging the UGC guidelines, which made it mandatory for universities to conduct their final year exams by September 30. Earlier on July 7, the UGC had said the end-term examination for all final-year students would have to be mandatorily held by the end of September 2020, in offline or online mode.

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  UGC exam guidelines: Supreme Court to hear students' plea on cancellation of exams in next 2 days

  Education | July 23, 2020 14:40 IST

  The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a petition by students challenging University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines on conducting final year university exams. Hearing the arguments, Justice Rao stated that a bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan will take up the pleas challenging UGC guidelines in the next two days.

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  Can't final yr exams be MCQ, assignment based: HC asks UGC

  India | July 22, 2020 18:15 IST

  The Delhi High Court has asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to clarify if the examinations for the final year students can be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), presentation, or assignment based instead of typical long-format papers.

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  UGC on exams: Majority of the universities have conducted exams or planning to do so

  Higher Studies | July 16, 2020 15:02 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday said over 640 universities have responded on the holding varsity exams amid the coronavirus pandemic situation in the country.

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  UGC says has power to take action if states cancel university exams, do not follow its guidelines

  Higher Studies | July 12, 2020 14:30 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) in wake of states cancelling final year university exams has said that states are not permissible to do this and commission does have the power to take action.

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  #StudentsLivesMatters trends as UGC releases guidelines for exams. Here's what aspirants say

  Education | July 07, 2020 11:38 IST

  Twitterati on Tuesday voiced their concerns regarding exams, for which the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday had released guidelines. 'Students Lives Matter' was seen trending on Twitter, through which students and aspirants raised concerns over appearing for upcoming semester and final year exams.

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  New UGC guidelines to be released within 2 days

  Higher Studies | July 05, 2020 10:24 IST

  "When will UGC issue new guidelines," social media is abuzz with this question as students yearn for clarity on their examinations. While some states have decided against the holding of exams, uncertainty is looming large over others as the University Grants Commission is yet to issue an official communication in this regard.

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  AMU postpones all end-semester examinations scheduled for July

  News | July 05, 2020 9:36 IST

  Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) postponed all end-semester examinations scheduled for July until further notice.

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  Use swayam MOOCs and enable credit transfer in colleges from July: UGC tells universities

  Education | May 21, 2020 20:49 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and colleges to use the 82 undergraduate and 42 postgraduate Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) available on the HRD Ministry's 'Swayam' platform for credit transfer.

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  Lack of funds may delay salary: Visva-Bharati to faculty, non-teaching staff

  Education | February 25, 2020 15:23 IST

  Visva-Bharati authorities have informed faculty members of the university and non-teaching staff that there may be a delay in payment of salary for the month of February due to lack of funds.

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  No distance education allowed in hotel management, real estate: UGC

  Education | December 01, 2019 11:05 IST

  "In accordance with communication received from various regulatory bodies, programmes in Hotel Management, Culinary Studies and valuation of Real Estate, will not be recognised from academic session 2019-20 and onwards," a recent official order said.

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  UGC declares 23 universities as 'self-styled, unrecognised'; maximum in UP followed by Delhi

  Education | July 23, 2019 16:33 IST

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a list of 23 "self-styled, unrecognised" universities, eight of which are in Uttar Pradesh. The higher education regulator has warned students against taking admission in these institutions.

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  UGC NET Result 2019 declared. Here's how to check on ntanet.nic.in

  Exam Results | July 13, 2019 12:15 IST

  Students who had appeared for UGC NET exam 2019 should note that the result has been declared on the official website ntanet.nic.in. Candidates should read on to know about the NTA UGC NET answer keys and re-evaluation of marks.