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National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER)

14 years ago - NCHER The National Knowledge Commission had recommended the establishment of an Independent Regulatory Authority for Higher Education (IRAHE) to regulate all fields of knowledge in higher education. The Yash Pal Committee had recommended the est...

UGC bans distance learning in Physiotherapy

13 years ago - PRACTICAL TRAINING A MUST Physiotherapy courses — a major component of which is practical training and hands-on experience — will no longer be conducted through the distant mode of education. University Grants Commission (UGC) in May banned all su...

Students soon can opt for subjects from multiple disciplines

13 years ago - Multidisciplinary Subjects The HRD Ministry wants to give students the flexibility of having multi-disciplinary subjects from streams of Science, Arts and Commerce together at Class-XI, XII and graduation. Can a student opt for subjects like Physi...

UGC, CBSE to Issue Certificates in Digitised/ Electronic Form

13 years ago - CBSE Certificates Online The Union Human Resources (HRD) Ministry’s dream of creating and maintaining a national electronic database of academic records has started materialising. For the first time in the county, last week, the University Grants...

Karnataka Government planning more multi-discipline universities

13 years ago - Karnataka Universities The Karnataka Government, which has decided to expand its higher education sector, is planning to open more 'multi-discipline' universities that offer subjects across various streams, Higher Education Minister V S Acharya sai...

BVoc - A bachelor's degree in vocational education

12 years ago - From the upcoming academic season, colleges across the country will offer a bachelor's degree in vocation education, thus underpinning a stream that has always languished for the want of a formal degree. Sensing the gap in the system, the move to off...

Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) for Class XII Toppers

11 years ago - Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India awards Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) under Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (...

UGC recognized new CBSE subjects for classes XI & XII

9 years ago - The Central Board of Secondary Education has introduced various new academic subjects at Senior Secondary level (Classes XI & XII).The details of newly introduced subjects as academic electives are following: Knowledge Tradition and Practices of...

National Talent Search (NTS) Exam 2018 for Class 10 Students

6 years ago - In order to identify and nurture the talented students, NCERT has been conducting National Talent Search Examination since the year 1963.Under this scheme, 1000 talented students are identified through two tier National Talent Search Examination. The...

SWAYAM - Free Online Courses for Everyone!

4 years ago - SWAYAM is a Government of India project designed to achieve access, equity and quality for all in education. It stands for Study Webs of Active –Learning for Young Aspiring Minds. It seeks to provide the best learning resources to everyone at zero co...

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