Higher Education

Foreign varsities in India aimed at globalisation of higher education, says UGC chief

UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said it will help tap the 'huge appetite' of Indian students and allow them foreign qualifications at an affordable cost

Professors of Practice: Varsities able to hire experts as 10% faculty, degree & publications not mandatory, says UGC

According to new guidelines notified by the University Grants Commission on Friday, experts from fields such as engineering, science, media, literature, entrepreneurship, social sciences, fine arts, civil services, and armed forces among others will be eligible to be hired under the category

Digital lending in the education sector: How financial barriers are fading

Based on the creditworthiness and requirements of the students, companies today provide a wide range of loan offers that can cover up to 100 per cent of the finance requirements

India and UK sign agreement for recognising each other's higher education qualifications

According to the British government, the agreement will make UK universities even more appealing to Indian applicants and will provide an economic boost

PM Modi releases benefits under PM CARES for children; promises stipend, loans for higher education

PM CARES for Children Scheme was launched to support children who have lost both their parents or legal guardian or adoptive parents or surviving parents to COVID-19

As India readies for CUCET, here’s what we should do to make it work well

The CUCET would be conducted from the year 2022-23 by the National Testing Agency as specified in para 4.42 of NEP 2020, which recommends a common entrance test for higher educational institutions

How marriage for girls at the age of 21 will make a big difference

It’s time we stopped telling 50 percent of our population that they are not required to operate in the ‘real’ outer world after 18

Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of university named after Jat figure in Aligarh

The university is being established by the Uttar Pradesh government in memory and honour of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, a freedom fighter, educationist and social reformer

Salgy Baran tops university entrance exams in Afghanistan but uncertain future looms

The 18-year-old wants to stay and become a doctor, but as with so many other Afghans, those plans were plunged into doubt when the Taliban rolled into Kabul this month

National Overseas Scholarship: State must undertake vast expansion of scheme; will benefit nation in long run

For marginalised communities, modern education is a precious asset and a way for acquiring socio-economic mobility in an unequal society