| 'UGC had wrong perceptions of its powers' | 16-NOV-09 |
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| It is difficult to discuss Amity University, one of India’s private universities, without the mention of its clash with the University Grants Commission. Amity’s Chancellor, ATUL CHAUHAN, clears the air on Amity’s conflict with the UGC and tells Kalpana Pathak why the university is still a preferred destination for many students. |
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| Fixing higher education | 15-NOV-09 |
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| The burgeoning demand for graduates as economic growth accelerates has been encouraging Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal to examine more innovative ways of involving the private sector, especially in higher and technical education. This is sensible in as much as the government lacks the financial wherewithal to focus on this sector when the claims from primary education are much more pressing. |
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| Common entrance test for new central varsities mooted | 14-OCT-09 |
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| Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal has asked 15 new central universities to look at conducting a common entrance test for admission to their courses. This will enable common counselling so that students and their families are saved from the trouble of going to various locations for tests and counselling. |
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| Teachers' pay | 09-OCT-09 |
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| In an attempt to encourage technical education, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) will offer partial financial assistance to state governments adopting and implementing the revised pay for teachers in degree-level technical institutions, on a par with the University Grants Commission (UGC) scales of pay. |
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| Newsmaker: M Thenmozhi | 25-SEP-09 |
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| The president of the IIT faculty association says she is worried about the future of a profession that is losing bright people every year. |
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| Sreelatha Menon: A drought of seeds | 20-SEP-09 |
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| While Norman Borlaug was celebrated for hybrid seed varieties, several small groups of farmers are today searching for those rare traditional seeds that are still being sown in some places in preference to hybrids. |
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| Foreign Education Bill may get Cabinet nod this week | 15-SEP-09 |
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| The proposed Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations, Maintenance of Quality and Prevention of Commercialisation) Bill is expected to be cleared by the Union Cabinet this week, after which it will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament. |
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| IIM-Ahmedabad to submit memorandum on pay rise | 05-SEP-09 |
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| In a memorandum, to be submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Monday, faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have expressed their displeasure at being on the same pay scales as that of the faculty members under the University Grants Commission (UGC). |
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| IIT faculty suspends strike | 05-SEP-09 |
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| The All India IIT Faculty Federation (AIITFF) has decided to temporarily suspend its agitation over the pay hike of the faculty members at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The federation said it had sought a meeting with Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal next week to discuss the issue. |
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| Sibal, advisory board to chalk higher education agenda | 31-AUG-09 |
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| Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), in the 56th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) plans to chalk out an extensive agenda for education in the country. This would be Kapil Sibal’s first meeting with the CABE in which the recommendations made by the Yashpal Committee report on ‘Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education’ will be deliberated upon. |
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| No PhD, MPhil at open universities, says UGC | 10-AUG-09 |
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| In a setback to the country’s 14 open universities, the University Grants Commission, or UGC, has barred them from conducting research programmes, namely PhD and MPhil. |
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| Centre seeks UGC's views on higher education authority | 21-JUL-09 |
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| The central government has sought views from state governments, University Grants Commission (UGC) and other statutory councils on the recommendations of the Yash Pal Committee’s report on ‘Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education’. |
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