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Over 23,000 higher education courses to be made available for free: UGC

Over 23,000 higher education courses, including programmes on Artificial Intelligence, cyber security and early childhood care, will now be available free of cost on a new web portal, the UGC said

CUET exam will be conducted in 2 phases between July 15 and August 4

The admit cards for the candidates appearing in phase one have been issued today. The admit cards for candidates appearing in phase two will be issued on July 31.

CUET: Jittery students complain of 'late' admit cards, lack of information

Akash Gupta, 17, from Faridabad, who is also nursing a dream to get into the prestigious Delhi University, said the delay in issuing of the admit cards was a little unfair.

Jamia Milia can't take court's shield to get money from UGC: Delhi HC

The high court, however, said when all other officers, including the vice chancellor and registrar of the varsity, are getting salaries, why not the concerned teacher.

UGC NET July 9 exams postponed for Telugu, Marathi; check details here

The UGC NET 2022 exams will be conducted on July 9, 11, 12, and August 12, 13

Govt relaxes upper age limit for 'Agnipath' recruitment to 23 yrs for 2022

The government had unveiled the scheme on Tuesday that will overhaul the decades-old selection process to bring in fitter and younger troops to tackle future security challenges facing the nation

Pak slams India's 'discriminatory' advisory about its education institutes

An official of the Punjab University in Lahore said they were still looking if there was any student from India enrolled in the university

'Dual-use' learning

UGC's two-degree proposal is a progressive move

NTA to conduct UGC-NET exam in June 2022; full schedule releasing soon

UGC NET exam date 2022: NTA conducts the UGC NET exam to determine if a candidate is eligible to be an Assistant professor or Junior Research Fellow in Indian universities and colleges

UGC asks central universities to use only CUET scores for UG admission

University Grants Commission asked all central universities to only use CUET scores for admission in various undergraduate courses except some activity-oriented programmes

Use CUET scores to admit students in UG programmes: UGC tells universities

University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to vice-chancellors of all central universities and colleges to use Common University Entrance Test scores to admit students in undergraduate programmes.

Mixed reviews on CUET: Fair competition, but a shift in focus

The University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recent move to launch a common entrance test for central universities in India has got mixed reviews from academics and institutes

Teachable moments

CUET has merit but pitfalls too

Mandatory for central varsities to use CUET scores for UG admissions: UGC

In a public notice released later in the day, the UGC said the application process for undergraduate CUET will commence from the first week of April

NET result to be declared in a day or two: University Grants Commission

The UGC-NET of December 2020 and June 2021 Cycles were conducted together by National Testing Agency between November 20, 2021, and January 5, 2022: Official

Covid-19 pandemic affected implementation of NEP, says UGC chairman

Singh said due to the lockdown, academicians got a lot of time to discuss the new policy

New academic session in universities, colleges to begin from October 1: UGC

The commission has clarified that the teaching-learning process must continue in offline, online or blended mode

UGC finalises draft for Indian, global institutions offering joint degrees

Indian and foreign higher education institutions may soon be able to offer joint or dual degrees

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

First-year classes for session 2020-21 to begin from November 1: UGC

The academic session 2020-21 for the first-year students will commence from November 1, as per the latest guidelines by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which has directed the educational institutions to complete merit/entrance-based admission process by October 2020.However, in case of delay in the declaration of results of the qualifying examinations, the universities may start the session from November 18, says the latest guidelines issued by the UGC.Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced this on Twitter on Friday, saying, "In view of the #COVID19 Pandemic, @ugc_india has issued guidelines on Examinations & Academic Calendar for UG & PG Students for the Session 2020-21."According to the guidelines, the last date for admissions to fill up the remaining vacant seats will be November 31.On the other hand, the institutions, where admissions are sole though entrance tests, and which have completed the necessary requirements or are likely to do