The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently announced that Chartered Accountancy (CA) qualification will now be treated as equivalent to postgraduate degree. The decision has been made at the request of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to help CAs pursue higher studies and improve their mobility. The Institute has sought the status […]
Allowing Books during engineering exams, National-level council for technical education in India, AICTE has approved this proposed new educational reform. Exams with having books i.e Open book exams may soon be implemented in technical institutes. This is in continuation with the AICTE new reform policy such as induction and training programmes. All India Council for […]
Swachhta Ranking Award for Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) has been announced today, 01 October 2018 by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar and MOS, HRD Dr Satyapal Singh in an event. Swachh Campus Rankings 2018 are given to those Universities, Institutes and Colleges for their dedicated efforts for Swachhta Abhiyan. Best 51 […]
The credibility of the engineering course and its degree by some private Institute is getting doubtful. Recently, Minister of State Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh has tabled a document in the Lok Sabha mentioning that as many as 277 fake engineering and technical colleges are currently functioning in India. Delhi tops the list with 66 […]
As a step to reform higher education in India, the Government of India recently took a revolutionary step for a complete remodelling of the University Grants Commission (UGC) with HECI (Higher Education Commission of India). The government has introduced a fresh legislation to set up the HECI, a Repeal of University Grants Commission Act to improve the quality […]
After the results of high school that is 12th standard and many entrance exams are announced, most of the aspiring engineers stand on a crucial juncture so as to which college to choose from the sea of potential engineering colleges which would best suit their desires and help their further growth as a professional and […]
There is some good news for the students and working people, who want to enhance their academic qualification anytime, anywhere. For the first time, Government of India will allow nearly 15% of universities, having top NAAC Score to offer online degree courses. The online degree courses, however, will be non-technical in nature, implying they exclude degrees […]
With the IIM Bill 2017, receives Presidential assent and becoming an Act, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country have got more autonomy in their functioning and got power to award degrees instead of diplomas to their graduates. Now, the government would have restricted role in their functioning. IIMs have initiated the process […]
IIT Bombay and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have made the cut among top 10 BRICS Universities, according to the QS Rankings 2018, one of the global prestigious rankings. Over 300 universities from BRICS Nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa region have been observed and graded for the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) […]
The Supreme Court has suspended the Engineering degrees of thousands of graduates who pursued education through correspondence between 2001 to 2005 by JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan (JRN), Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Rajasthan (IASE) and Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad (AAI). On Friday, The Apex Court gave an important decision on technical education, which will […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the Draft UGC Regulations 2017 regarding Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions to crack down on students and faculty found plagiarising. The UGC has asked stakeholders to give their suggestions by September 30. UGC has drafted this new arrangement to check the hazard and push […]
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 […]