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C-DAC, AICTE collab to provide training in high performance computing
Around 2,500 faculty members from about 1,000 engineering colleges across India will be trained through 50 faculty development programmes under the joint initiative by C-DAC and AICTE
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Govt to set up high-level panel for implementing National Credit Framework
The National Credit Framework, which was notified by the Centre in April, divides education and vocational training into eight levels
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UGC, AICTE, NCERT must join hands to make framework for mapping skills: Min
The Centre is deliberating on ways to formalise skilling in the school education system, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday, asserting the UGC, AICTE and NCERT must come together to create a framework for mapping future skills. The minister also said "we need to de-link degrees from competency and envision a future where competency would prevail". Pradhan made the comments in an interaction with reporters here ahead of the 3rd G20 Education Working Group Meeting. "Deliberations are going on about how to formalise skilling in our school education system. Today, we discussed with the delegates from Singapore the way forward for a comprehensive and substantive partnership towards skilling," he said. The minister noted that the deliberations going on at G20 forum will aid the implementation of new National Education Policy by understanding and adopting best practices and global models. "The University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of technical ...
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Security rationale behind no to Pakistan undergrad degrees: Experts
Consultants believe such advisories are meant to alert Indian students so that they won't land up with degrees that are incompatible with Indian regulations
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Have asked varsities to hold final year exams, AICTE tells Bombay HC
The petition by Dhananjay Kulkarni, retired teacher and ex-senate member from Pune, said the state government has no power to take such a decision
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AICTE prepares single-list of MBA courses following concerns of redundancy
Similarly, courses in Business Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Commercial and Computer Practice will be known as 'Business Management'.
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JNU fee hike: HRD panel-students meet ends, to submit suggestions in 1 week
The committee had also met Deans of all schools and representatives of JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA).
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No final decision yet on UGC-AICTE merger, says HRD minister Nishank
In September this year, the minister said the bill was in final stages and will be taken to the Union Cabinet in October
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Aim higher: Replacing UGC is just the starting point
The propensity for such interference remains high since the financial dispensation will, under the new scheme, be directly under government control
No plans to replace UGC, AICTE with single regulator, says MoS for HRD
The single higher education regulator has hit a roadblock with HRD ministry putting the idea on hold
