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The University Grants Commission has proposed a new curriculum for undergraduate programmes under which only 30 per cent of the students’ workload will relate to their subject of specialisation, down from the current 73[...]

PhD is not mandatory anymore to teach in Universities. UGC is now planning to create positions to allow experts to teach without this degree. Details here.  

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated the draft guidelines outlining its plan to encourage growth of multidisciplinary higher education institutions that will offer a diverse range of subjects.

UGC Released Draft Guidelines: Multidisciplinary Autonomous Institutions by 2035. The government planned to develop all affiliated institutions of UGC as ‘degree-awarding multidisciplinary autonomous institutions’ by 2035. University Grants Commission – UGC announced the guideline which[...]

New Delhi:The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released ‘draft comprehensive accessibility guidelines and standards’ for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and Universities to ensure persons with disabilities (PwD) have easy access to higher education. The draft[...]

CHANDIGARH: While suggesting that every activity performed by an educational institution should be documented, Krishan Kumar, Secretary Higher Education, Punjab , on Wednesday suggested that active teams should be constituted for National Assessment and Accreditation[...]

First Private varsity in Punjab to bag NBA accreditation for all its engineering, MBA Programs CHANDIGARH, India, Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia's fastest growing higher education institution, Chandigarh University's Engineering and MBA degrees would[...]

KEY HIGHLIGHTS UGC is going to allow almost 900 autonomous colleges to offer online degree programmes. NTA will evaluate the students through an online proctored mode exam or computer-based test, CBT format. The remote courses[...]

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) recently relaxed the eligibility criteria for accreditation of higher educational institutions.