HECI To Replace AICTE and UGC: A Bill that aims to create a single regulator for higher education i.e HECI to replace AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and the UGC (University Grants Commission), is likely to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. According to the draft Bill, it proposes to bring almost […]
There was a time when students were struggling for the engineering seat. Engineering appears to be losing its attraction as one of the top career options among Indians. The number of students getting admitted to government and private engineering colleges and institutes — excluding Indian premium technical institutes — is set to come down by […]
HEERA, Higher Education Empowerment Regulatory Authority is proposed by central government to replace the existing education regulators AICTE and UGC to bring more transparency, autonomy and excellence in technical and non-technical education in India. HEERA proposes to bring the technical and non technical higher education under single roof eliminating the two parallel regulators. The University […]