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Higher education bill frees our universities
December 26, 2025 7:28 am
The Bill prioritises transparency by mandating online and offline public self-disclosure of all academic, operational, and financial matters. It ensures students have free access to a fair, transparent, and robust grievance redressal mechanism.
What Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill proposes: Single higher education body, simpler regulatory system
December 23, 2025 12:59 pm
While Opposition MPs have called the Bill an “excessive centralisation of higher education”, educationists have said that it provides for structure, and its impact will depend on details that are yet to be worked out.
'Lawful protests are fine, but free speech doesn't mean you can break rules': University of Southern California president
December 23, 2025 7:12 pm
Kim discusses sustaining USC's long standing relationship with Indian students, their current anxieties, layoffs, Artificial Intelligence in classrooms, and why he believes universities must remain places where difficult conversations are not avoided but encouraged.
1.2 lakh opportunities, 82000 offers, 28-thousand takers — yet only 2,000 candidates complete PM Internship Scheme 2025
December 17, 2025 9:09 am
The govt noted that the Round II of the PM Internship Scheme has also seen strong participation, with over 1.18 lakh internship opportunities posted and more than 24,600 offers accepted.
Bihar govt to establish two vernacular academies for Prakrit and Pali to preserve ancient languages
December 13, 2025 9:07 am
These two academies will work under the administrative control of the newly created department of Higher Education, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat department on December 10.
Behind promise of reform, the HECI Bill promotes privatisation of higher education
December 09, 2025 1:35 pm
The question is whether the path charted by the HECI, under the auspices of NEP 2020, is one that leads to inclusive excellence or towards a stratified, commercialised system that reproduces and deepens existing inequalities
Refer Higher Education Commission of India Bill to House panel: Digvijaya Singh
November 29, 2025 2:30 am
According to the Lok Sabha bulletin issued last week, the Bill is set to be introduced during the Winter Session. In line with the NEP 2020, the Bill aims to set up a single regulatory authority for higher education, merging the UGC, the AICTE, and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
Universities are finally becoming democratic and inclusive. This is progress, not decline
September 02, 2025 6:36 pm
A first-generation Adivasi scholar may not mirror the cosmopolitan polish of a Delhi-educated professor, but their perspectives expand the intellectual horizons of students in invaluable ways
When Gandhi meets Ambedkar: How higher education institutions can change our villages
June 02, 2025 11:59 am
The Ministry of Education’s Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) completes a decade, redefining the role of higher education in India
Krea University, IFMR GSB launch National Human Resource Development Network students’ chapter
February 11, 2025 9:42 am
The Network aims for skill-building and competency enhancement, especially for students and young professionals.
HIGHER EDUCATION VIDEOS
New 10% reservation to be implemented from next academic year, says HRD minister
June 22, 2020 6:05 pm
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the government will implement the 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in the general category across all higher education institutions and universities from July 2019.
New 10% reservation to be implemented from next academic year, says HRD minister
January 16, 2019 5:55 pm
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the government will implement the 10% quota for EWS in the general category across all higher education institutions from July 2019. He said it would not affect existing reservations for candidates.
Gender gap in higher education is reducing: News in Numbers
June 22, 2020 6:20 pm
As more eligible Indians (18-23 years of age) sign up for higher education, it is important to note that the gender gap is also closing. A look at the Gross Enrolment Ratio in today’s #NewsInNumbers.
What the Jio institute is expected to earn in its first year: News in Numbers
June 22, 2020 6:21 pm
Reliance’s Jio institute, recently declared an ‘Institute of Eminence,’ puts it at par with the likes of IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay, IISc and BITS . Here's a look at its earnings projection in today's News in Numbers. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i
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