Higher
Education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent
streams with each stream monitored by an apex body,
indirectly controlled by the Ministry
of Human Resource Development. The 433
universities/ institutions, are mostly funded by the state
governments. However, there are 40 important universities
called Central universities, which are maintained by the
Union Government and because of relatively large funding,
they have an edge over the others. The engineering education and business schools are
monitored and accredited by the All
India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while
medical education is monitored and accredited by the Medical
Council of India (MCI). Like-wise, agriculture
education and research is monitored by the Indian
Council for Agriculture Research. Apart from these,
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) controls all
the teacher training institutions in the country. The country has some ace engineering, management and
medical education institutions which are directly funded
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Union
Government. Admission to all professional education
colleges is done through all-India common admission tests
of which the IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CAT and CPMT are the most
popular ones. Most of the institutions reserve a small percentage of
seats for foreign students.
Madhavan Nair, 3 others disgraced
NEW DELHI : On January 24, a day before the Republic
Day, G Madhavan Nair and three other top space
scientists were disgraced and declared persona non
grata for all Central jobs following probe into the
controversial Antrix-Devas deal for allotting S-band
spectrum.
The disgrace comes following a news leak about a PMO
order of January 13, signed by Sandhya Venugopal Sharma,
Director in the Department of Space.more
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Search panel dragging
feet, UGC remains headless
NEW DELHI :
The
selection of the chairman of the University Grants
Commission (UGC) has been considerably delayed with the
three-member search committee dragging its feet.more
Nalanda University boundry wall coming up fast
NALANDA : Construction activity has begun
here at the Nalanda International University and
the first pillars were clearly visible when this
correspondent visited the site on January 9.
more MCI ordered to put up all assessment reports
on its website NEW DELHI : The Central Information Commission
has directed the Medical Council of India to post on its
website all assessment reports of medical colleges
inspected by it as an obligations under RTI.
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Medical Edu panel wants 29,000 medical seats more in 12th
Plan NEW DELHI : The standing committee on health has proposed adding 18,000
additional undergraduate medical seats, and nearly
11,000 post-graduate seats in the 12th Plan period.more
CALCUTTA : On January 23 West
Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan signed the
controversial West Bengal University Laws (Amendment)
Bill, 2011 which was passed in the
winter session of the Assembly. Raj Bhavan sources said
the bill had been sent to the government for issuing
gazette notification.
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NET to have more objective questions
NEW DELHI :The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to change the
pattern of National Eligibility Test and set the questions in objective
style rather than expect long hand-written subjective style. This, UGC sources said, will spare the aspirants from writing long answers
in the test that it holds twice a year. This
will expedite the NET result as well, a UGC official said.
NEW DELHI: In a landmark move to counter
higher education blues, the Ministry of Human Resource
Development has, in principle, agreed to the
accounting system suggested by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
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Lucknow med varsity to hold UP CPMT '12
LUCKNOW : King Georges' Medical University now
called Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU)
will, for the last time, hold the combined pre-medical
test (CPMT) 2012.
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GNDU don is Jammu University VC
JAMMU : On
January 29 Dr Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, Professor, Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Guru
Nanak Dev University took over as the new VC of the University of
Jammu.
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