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CSC Academy, GD Goenka University partner for higher education

With the partnership, the CSC Academy centres will be able to enrol students in urban as well as rural areas for the university's graduate, post-graduate, and diploma programmes, as per a statement.

Top university system in US adds caste to its non-discriminatory policy

California State University System, that has over 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and staff, announced the addition to its list this month

VCs of 25 state varsities appointed so far sans my nod: Bengal Governor

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday alleged that vice chancellors of 25 state universities have been appointed so far sans his nod as the chancellor.

Appointments of VCs of 24 universities in Bengal without my approval: Guv

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Thursday claimed that appointments of vice-chancellors of 24 universities in the state were made without his approval or in defiance of orders

Kerala Guv says he cannot tolerate 'political interference' in Universities

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday said political interference in higher educational institutions has become "unbearable" for him.

Educators at Afghan universities call on Taliban not to replace system

Former officials and lecturers at Afghanistan universities have called on the Taliban to maintain and upgrade the country's education system instead of creating a new one.

Common test for undergrad admission in universities not from 2021-22: UGC

Central Universities Common Entrance Test for undergraduate admission will not be implemented from 2021-22 academic session in view of the coronavirus pandemic, UGC announced on Sunday

New session in varsities by Oct 1, admission to be completed by Sep 30: UGC

The new academic session in universities and colleges across the county will begin from October 1 while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of UGC

Bihar to add 3 new universities for engineering, medical, sports streams

Bihar government has decided to set up three separate universities to regulate the functioning and academic activities of engineering, medical and sports streams

Uttar Pradesh universities to promote first-year students owing to Covid

All first-year students in undergraduate and postgraduate classes in the Uttar Pradesh universities will be promoted to the second year

What the oversupply of social science PhDs means for universities

Will universities continue to offer permanent faculty positions as they offer courses remotely, asks TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.

Universities in Delhi gear up to curb Covid cases with stricter guidelines

The increase in coronavirus cases in the national capital has prompted institutions of higher education to take necessary steps to control the spread of the virus on their campuses

Colleges, universities open in Kerala after a gap of over 290 days

Colleges and university campuses opened partially in Kerala on Monday, after remaining closed for over 290 days

Haryana Higher Education Council mulls adopting 'flexi exam' for PG courses

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a situation that necessitates implementation of innovations to be put on fast-track, it added.

Bengal state varsities doubtful about completing UG curriculum in 9 months

The authorities, however, said they will have to chalk out a way to complete the curriculum after the final semester examinations scheduled in October

UGC releases revised guidelines for academic calendar 2020-21; check dates

All the universities will follow a six-day week pattern for the academic session 2020-21

Final year exams of Haryana universities, colleges to be held by Sept-end

Kuthiala said "All the SOPs (standard operating procedure) issued by MHA and the health department will be followed. All the examinations will be conducted in the month of September"

Opposing UGC's decision to conduct exams over pandemic: Students to SC

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah has started final hearing through video conferencing on a batch of petitions challenging the UGC's decision to hold the final exams

Universities not to affiliate over 300 colleges: Education minister

Universities will not be able to provide affiliation to more than 300 colleges with the new National Education Policy (NEP) proposing granting more autonomy to colleges and phasing out affiliations

India's new education policy could create scope for Australian universities

The National Education Policy sets out a series of sweeping changes to university education in the country