Source: Times of India
Around 23 lakh students graduating from over 13,000 industrial training institutes across India may soon be awarded certificates equivalent to the ones given to ICSE and CBSE Board pass-outs.
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UGC hints at a separate board for undergraduate education
Source: The Times of India via PwC – EdLive
In a questionnaire sent out to colleges and universities, the UGC asked, among other things, whether it would be ‘appropriate to have a state board of undergraduate education on the lines of CBSE or school boards or an undergraduate board in each university’, so that varsities can focus on postgraduate education and research.
The UGC is trying to overhaul the process of college affiliation and ensure that more colleges benefit from its funding. In its questionnaire, the UGC has asked colleges and universities to list reforms that can be introduced to improve the education system. It feels that colleges are being neglected by universities. Out of the 33,000-odd colleges in the country, only 7,000 are recognised by the UGC and receive funds for the development. Most colleges do not have permanent affiliation, which is why they are losing out. The exercise is to get many more colleges under the UGC’s purview.
Take a call on setting up body to look into affairs of educational societies: HC
Source: The Indian Express via Pwc -EdLive
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre, Punjab government and the UGC to take a decision on constituting a body to look into the affairs of educational trusts and societies, along with non-government institutions dealing with education. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain asked the three bodies to decide on the representations filed in this regard by NSUI Punjab unit’s former state coordinator Dinesh Chadha.