UGC has framed Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to offer Apprenticeship/Internship embedded Degree Programme and will provide an option for HEIs to embed Apprenticeship/Internship in any UG degree programmes specified by UGC. The much desired Guidelines were released by union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on the sidelines of “Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under #NationalEducationPolicy“  conclave on August 7 at …

Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has said that the New Education Policy is flexible and brings a lot of much needed reforms such as multiple entry exit points, vocational education at school level and academic banking of credits, which will completely transform the education landscape. Address the webinar ‘Shift to Hybrid Learning Model: The New …

Waste generated by India’s drug manufacturing industry could be damaging environmental bacteria and creating ‘superbugs’ that are resistant to antibiotics – prompting a UK-India scientific intervention. British and Indian researchers are joining forces to investigate the impact of waste release on microbial ecosystems – determining how much active antibiotic is released and which other potentially toxic chemicals are contained in …

There is a need for expeditious and meticulous implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) and the challenges can be met by taking the support of PHDCCI and other industry stakeholders says  Dr. Vishwa Mohan Bansal, Chairman of the chamber. He was speaking at an ‘E-Conclave on National Education Policy 2020’ organized by his chamber on August 7 which …

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while welcoming the intense and extensive debate that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has generated in the country, has categorically assured of his political will to make it work on the ground. He called upon education administrators, educators and other stakeholders to do brainstorming sessions and webinars to come up with implementation blueprint, and actionable …

A policy brief, education and COVID-19, together with a new campaign with education partners and United Nations agencies called “Save our Future”  was launched by the  UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ on August 4 .  This policy brief calls for action in four key areas:   First, reopening schools.  Once local transmission of COVID-19 is under control, getting students back into schools and …