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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

Central university of Himachal promotes all students of even semesters

The Central University of Himachal Pradesh has promoted all the students of the even semesters of the 2019-20 academic session, according to a notification issued on Tuesday.

Aaditya Thackeray moves SC against UGC's final year exams decision

The exams were postponed due to the spread of coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns across the country

Over 450 universities have conducted final exams or planning to do so: UGC

The status update by the higher education regulator came amid opposition by several states to conducting examinations in universities in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases

Govt allows universities to start online courses, but where is the infra?

Issue of quality control in this mode of teaching-learning, faculty development programmes and student placement are key hurdles in the move towars this form of education

Covid-19 crisis: Cambridge University scraps in-person lectures for 2020-21

It likely won't be the last, as the virus threatens the foundations of the traditional student experience, and the finances of universities around the world