As part of the national bureau, R.Radhika covers education. Radhika closely tracks education policies, school and higher education developments. She started her career in reporting with Careers360 magazine in 2019.
April 24, 2024 04:05 IST
The key question, however, is recruitment with the first four-year batch scheduled to graduate next year.
Wed, Apr 24, 2024April 24, 2024 04:01 IST
Data from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE ) shows that enrollment in these courses has improved overall — from 80 per cent seat vacancy in the 2021-22 academic year to 53 per cent in 2022-23.
Thu, Apr 25, 2024April 11, 2024 04:20 IST
JNU’s ‘development studies’ best in India; DU improves in 12 of 30 entries, IIT-B climbs in 17 of 28
Fri, Apr 12, 2024April 04, 2024 04:12 IST
Cites ‘emerging challenges due to social, religious, political situation’
Thu, Apr 04, 2024April 03, 2024 01:23 IST
In March, Governor Arif Khan as the Chancellor of universities had invalidated the appointments of Narayanan and the VC of Calicut University M K Jayaraj saying their appointments were in violation of UGC norms.
Wed, Apr 03, 2024March 20, 2024 17:18 IST
The university, which currently offers courses in political science, history, economics, law and sociology is now planning to launch a dual degree in technology and international affairs with an aim to attract more Indian students to its campus.
Thu, Mar 21, 2024March 11, 2024 04:10 IST
Off-campus centres can be started under the UGC’s (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulation, 2003.
Tue, Mar 12, 2024March 06, 2024 05:00 IST
MCLI, a brainchild of Rohan Murty, son of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, was established in 2010 at the Harvard University with an aim to translate pre-modern classical Indian texts in English.
Thu, Mar 07, 2024March 05, 2024 05:00 IST
PARAKH, a standard-setting body under the NCERT, has devised the Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for foundational stage (Classes 1 and 2), preparatory stage (Classes 3 to 5) and middle stage (Classes 6 to 8) and is currently working on developing one for the secondary stage.
Wed, Mar 06, 2024February 23, 2024 07:30 IST
The pilot will be held in select schools in November-December for subjects like English, Mathematics and Science for Classes 9 and 10, and English, Mathematics and Biology for Classes 11 and 12.
Fri, Feb 23, 2024February 22, 2024 10:42 IST
ICAI saw a total of 49,000 registrations at the foundational level, 58,900 registrations at the intermediate level and 21,185 students have registered for the final level since the new scheme was launched on July 1, 2023
Tue, Mar 12, 2024February 16, 2024 21:13 IST
The decline in numbers is not entirely surprising, considering that IRCC had warned of an adverse impact on visa processing timelines in a statement dated October 19, 2023, immediately after Canada was asked to withdraw 41 of its 62 diplomats and their dependents from India.
Sun, Feb 18, 2024February 14, 2024 02:04 IST
Among the 23, seven are from Telangana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, two each from Delhi and Haryana, one each from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka. In 2023, 20 students were on the list of perfect scorers in the first session.
Thu, Feb 15, 2024February 13, 2024 13:44 IST
President Murmu spoke to Union Minister Smriti Irani during an interview aired by All India Radio (Akashvani) on the occasion of World Radio Day.
Tue, Feb 13, 2024February 12, 2024 14:13 IST
Apart from IIT Madras, IIT Delhi is also planning to set up a campus in Abu Dhabi where it will start offering degrees 2024 onwards.
Mon, Feb 12, 2024February 10, 2024 04:11 IST
The panel recommended a “National Council for Legal Education and Research” under the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). The HECI Bill, yet to be introduced in Parliament, will not have medical and law colleges under its ambit.
Sat, Feb 10, 2024February 07, 2024 11:48 IST
The Parliamentary panel called the government’s actions “biased assessment” of SC and ST candidates and said such candidates are “deliberately declared” unsuitable.
Wed, Feb 07, 2024February 04, 2024 16:51 IST
What is the credit system, being cited as the motive behind CBSE's proposed changes? How will the changes be implemented? We explain.
Mon, Feb 05, 2024February 02, 2024 04:00 IST
With UGC allocation halved, central universities grants saw an increase of over Rs 4,000 crore with Rs 15,928 crore allocated for FY 2024-25.
Sat, Feb 03, 2024February 01, 2024 04:05 IST
Similarly, for Class 12, the proposed changes involve students studying two languages instead of one, with the condition that at least one must be a native Indian language. Overall, they would have to clear examinations in six subjects instead of five to graduate from high school.
Thu, Mar 07, 2024January 31, 2024 10:09 IST
Considering the vital role played by the clinical psychologists and psychiatric social workers in delivering mental health services, the UGC has decided to extend the validity of MPhil in Clinical Psychology and MPhil in Psychiatric Social Work till 2025-2026 academic session only.
Thu, Feb 01, 2024January 29, 2024 16:51 IST
All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) 2021–22 was made public on January 25. Here are five key takeaways from the survey.
Tue, Jan 30, 2024January 28, 2024 05:10 IST
Institutions will be declared either accredited or unaccredited without specific scores or grades
Mon, Jan 29, 2024January 27, 2024 03:17 IST
Highest increase in ST students, a growth of 41.6%; Number of students from marginalised communities rose from 52.8 lakh in 2017-18 to 66.22 lakh in 2021-22
Sun, Jan 28, 2024January 26, 2024 02:14 IST
According to the latest survey report, out of the total overall enrollment of 4.33 crore, 48% or 2.07 crore are women. Back in 2014-15, the percentage of women in the total enrollment of 3.42 crore was 46%.
Sat, Jan 27, 2024