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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.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has relaxed the eligibility criteria for accreditation of higher educational institutions. On Thursday next week, University Grants Commission (UGC) chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar is expected to address a[...]

NEW DELHI: Unveiling one of the biggest quality assessment accreditation exercises in India, is going to offer provisional accreditation to over 20,000. The aim is to mainstream institutions through the Provisional Accreditation for Colleges that[...]

Mahatma Gandhi said, “All good ideas and measures are nothing without implementation.” This statement stands true for the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, prepared under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to bring about[...]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)i its new guidelines to be part of the Vidyanjali (Higher Education) programme of the Ministry of Education. The programme is aimed at strengthening the[...]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has developed a draft National Higher Educational Qualification Framework (NHEQF), which is part of a set of reforms that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisages. From job readiness to[...]