UGC extends last date for submission of feedback on new regulations
The University Grants Commission (UGC), on Thursday, extended the last date for the submission of feedback on the draft UGC Regulations 2025 to February 28.
The University Grants Commission (UGC), on Thursday, extended the last date for the submission of feedback on the draft UGC Regulations 2025 to February 28.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav participated in a protest organised by Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, against the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules on Thursday.
In a significant political pushback against the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft rules, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav and various MPs from the DMK, will take part in a protest on Thursday in Delhi.
The University Grant Commission (UGC) has banned three universities in Rajasthan from enrolling scholars under the PhD programme for next five years from the academic session 2025-26 to 2029-30.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the Centre and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are attempting to destabilize the state's higher education system through the latest UGC draft regulations.
Very pertinently has it been pointed out that students will spend three semesters learning things that they have learnt in school. In point of fact, the Honours subject has been accorded an astonishingly minor rating in the overall construct. Not before the third semester will the students be taught the Honours subject, a discipline that is reinforced at the post-graduate level.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, the UGC Chairman said, "We have decided to make Central University Entrance Test (CUET) compulsory for admission in universities which can be given in 13 different languages. We have given a lot of choices to the students."
Teachers Association (DTA) President Hansraj Suman has told Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Education Minister Manish Sisodia that if the names of the members are sent soon, then an extension to the governing body should be given for three months in special circumstances.
Universities and colleges will start the admission process only after the class 12 board results are declared.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan that states cannot change the rules of the UGC as only it is empowered to prescribe rules for conferring degree.
