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Higher Education

UGC recommends admissions on three-year pattern

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The standing committee set up by the University Grants Commission (UGC) has advised the Delhi University (DU) to scrap the four year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and revert to three-year pattern during its meeting on June 22. It recommended...

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Political parties appreciate UGC’s decision on FYUP

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The recent decision of the rollback of four-year undergraduate programme by the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been welcomed by all the political parties of the country including the opposition, Congress party. They believe that the...

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DU VC Dinesh Singh quits over FYUP row

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An unrelenting Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh resigned amid all-round pressure to withdraw the Four Year Under-graduate Programme introduced by him some two years back. The move which is likely to further complicate the DU-UGC...

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DCI supports redesigning dental education system

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The Dental Council of India (DCI) is keen to redesign the dental education system of the country with the purpose to improve the skill of the dental practitioners to ensure safety of patients and improve the...

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Ministries oppose skill dept in fear of fund cut

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After Narendra Modi’s sworn in as Prime Minister, the first ever problem has occurred when the ministries plan to fight back on Narendra Modi’s decision for separate skill development and entrepreneurship department.  The reason being, fear...

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UGC sends second directive to DU to scrap FYUP

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued another directive to Delhi University (DU) to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). This is the second directive sent by the UGC to DU to abolish the FYUP and...

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Central aid for Odisha’s higher education sector

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development has sanctioned Rs 34.13 crore for the implementation of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) in Odisha.The amount will be divided in three parts, which includes preparatory grants to undertake baseline...

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Industry welcomes govt move on sports education

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The education and sports industries have welcomed the plan of the new government at the Centre to promote sports education in schools.Addressing the joint session of parliament, President Pranab Mukherjee had recently said that the government...

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Smriti Irani approves National Academic Depository scheme

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Smriti Irani has approved National Academic Depository (NAD) scheme. The scheme was brought forward during UPA-2 and it aims to create an online database of nationwide board and university certificates that is implemented by CBSE (Central...