Thursday, October 22, 2026

Policy Matters

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Higher Education

Government permits to increase MBBS seats by 10,000

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Government has given a green signal to the proposal to increase the number of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) seats by 10,000 in government medical colleges across the country. The move aims to...

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Higher education mission holds its first meeting

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The first meeting of the mission authority of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) was held in New Delhi on 8 January. Issues like funding pattern and quality of education in higher education institutions were discussed in...

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102 homeopathy colleges to be inspected before February 15

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The Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH) will inspect 102 homeopathy medical colleges across the country before February 15. The aim is to determine the availability of teachers, equipments, accommodation, training and other facilities at various colleges...

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Colleges provide data for All-India Survey on Higher Education

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202 colleges affiliated to the Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) have filed academic and administrative details for the ongoing All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).The programme initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, aims to create...

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Centre to amend AICTE Act

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After much chaos and confusion in the technical education sector in the country after the Supreme Court ruling which had stripped the Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) of its powers to approve institutes offering technical...

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UGC to set up interim regulator for distance education

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University Grants Commission (UGC) has been instructed by a committee formed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to set up an interim regulator and monitor the country’s distance education sector. As the Parliament is not...

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A plea for the common admission forms for Nursery

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The All-India Parents’ Association wrote to the Delhi Education Department to issue a common nursery admission form for the general category. The criterion for seeking nursery admissions according to the latest guidelines issued by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb...

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No PPP mode for IIITs: Parliamentary Panel

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Setting up of new Indian Institute of Information and Technology (IIITs) under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode has been strongly disapproved by a Parliamentary panel. It fears that PPP mode might create conflict between the welfare...

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Unrecognised schools under education department’s scanner

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The state department of elementary education in Coimbatore issued notices to around 68 nursery and primary schools running without mandatory state recognition. The schools have been asked to get various certificates required to run a school....

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Private schools slam nursery entry norms

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Criticizing the new guidelines for nursery admissions, the private schools of Delhi have decided to draft a letter to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung demanding modifications in the guidelines. Delhi’s private schools are left with...