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UGC NET Admit Card December 2025: Exam in 10 days, when will NTA issue hall-tickets
December 23, 2025 9:32 am
UGC NET December 2025 Admit Card Date, Time: NTA typically releases UGC NET admit cards three to five days before the actual exam date. Subsequently, hall tickets for candidates appearing on December 31 are expected to be released between December 26 and December 28.
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.
VBSA Bill 2025: How higher education regulation is being reformed for a Viksit Bharat
December 21, 2025 12:40 pm
The ultimate goal of VBSA is to support the development of institutions that meet international standards, while remaining rooted in Indian values and priorities. This aim is central to India’s aspiration to become a global knowledge hub.
Chandigarh Aided College Teachers Association protests over delay in UGC benefits, threatens intensified agitation
December 21, 2025 1:23 am
CACTA, in a statement, to the media said that the aided colleges in Chandigarh receive 95 per cent grant-in-aid from the central government through the Chandigarh Administration and have no administrative or statutory linkage with the Government of Punjab.
UGC Fake Universities List: UGC flags this Delhi institute, adds to list of fake universities
December 20, 2025 9:19 am
List of Fake Universities in India 2026 by UGC: The Delhi-based Institute is not entitled to award degrees. In its notice, UGC has said that any degrees issued by the Institute so far are not valid for higher education or government job purposes.
Council replacing UGC, AICTE, NCTE lacks funding power, gives more teeth to penalties
December 16, 2025 7:36 pm
Even though it does not give the regulatory council the power to regulate fees in higher education institutions, the Bill, likely to be introduced in Parliament in the ongoing session, empowers the body to impose penalties for violations – ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 2 crore.
'UGC should consider granting recognition to HIAL': Parliament panel praises Sonam Wangchuk's education model as 'exemplary'
December 15, 2025 1:03 pm
The panel noted that HIAL is exemplary in its implementation of the NEP 2020, which calls for such experiential and project-based learning, community engagement, and integration of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS).
UGC, AICTE, NCTE to be replaced with single higher-education commission, Union Cabinet clears bill
December 15, 2025 3:37 pm
Earlier known as the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill and has now been renamed the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.
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.
India can’t have STEM without roots — it needs more than just scientists on top
December 08, 2025 11:46 pm
To simply do better at what we’re doing now, as opposed to finding new and more glamorous things to do, is not often prioritised. If we don’t get these basics right, we will not get anything else right
House panel to NTA: 'Strengthen testing capabilities, conduct exams and declare results on time'
December 09, 2025 11:01 am
Between pen-and-paper and computer-based exams, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education supported a focus on pen-and-paper exams, citing exams which have been “leak-proof for several years.”
Over 8320 teaching posts filled in central universities since 2022
December 07, 2025 9:54 am
In 2023, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a unified recruitment portal--CU-Chayan-- to provide a common platform for listing of vacancies, advertisements and jobs across all Central Universities.
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