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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Liquor shops to schools: What's open, what's not as India extends lockdown
Districts will be tagged as red, green and orange zones based on severity of coronavirus cases in extended lockdown.
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Universities may hold final exams in July with reduced duration, says UGC
The varsities may decide whether to conduct exams online or offline keeping in view the support system available with them and ensuring fair opportunity to all students
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New academic session in varsities from Sep, end semester exams in July: UGC
The admission process will begin in universities from August 1
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Citizenship isn't just about rights, but duties towards society: CJI Bobde
Speaking at the 107th convocation of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) here, he lamented that some educational institutes have become "extremely commercially-minded"
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HRD minister tables Bill in Lok Sabha to set up central Sanskrit varsities
The three Sanskrit deemed universities that will be converted into central universities
Ranking universities on graduate job prospects is a step in right direction
Teaching Excellence Framework measures how students think assessment & feedback is at the Institute
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How universities can earn trust, share power in the bitter post-truth era
The enemy of a civilised society is power plus ignorance normalised
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