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UGC urges HEIs to attend post-budget webinar on education, skilling initiatives| India News

UGC urges HEIs to attend post-budget webinar on education, skilling initiatives| India News

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to higher education institutions (HEIs) across the country asking them to disseminate information among students and faculty about a post-budget webinar on “education, skills and university townships” scheduled for Monday (March 9). Representational image. The webinar is part of the post-budget series on key themes being organised by the finance ministry following the Union Budget 2026–27. It aims to deliberate on the effective implementation of major budget announcements that require interministerial coordination and shared responsibilities for improving education and skilling. The department of higher education (DoHE) under the education ministry is leading the organisation of the webinar. “The webinar topic will cover important Budget Announcements, inter alia, relating to education, skilling, creative industries, inclusive capacity building, and institutional infrastructure, which require close coordination among concerned ministries and departments for timely and outcome-oriented implementation,” UGC financial adviser Sudeep Singh Jain said in a communication to HEIs dated March 6, 2026. UGC has requested all HEIs to widely disseminate information among students and faculty to attend the webinar, stating that …

Fears and ‘assumptions’, explained| India News

Fears and ‘assumptions’, explained| India News

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The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) newly notified Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, intended to strengthen safeguards against caste-based discrimination on campuses, have instead triggered protests and a legal challenge in the Supreme Court. Two separate petitions challenge their constitutional validity and are likely to be mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant later this week for directions on listing and hearing. (HT_PRINT) While the UGC says the regulations are meant to promote inclusion and accountability, critics said the framework adopts a narrow definition of caste-based discrimination, effectively excluding large sections of students and faculty from its protection, news agency PTI reported. Also Read | Student groups protest at UGC office against anti-casteism rules: What are the ‘equity regulations’, why the row The matter has also reached the Supreme Court. Let’s break it down as protests escalate: What are the equity regulations? Notified on January 13, the regulations replace the UGC’s 2012 anti-discrimination guidelines and mandate the creation of Equity Committees, Equity Squads, helplines and monitoring mechanisms in colleges and universities. …

Protest intensifies against new UGC Equity Regulations; PIL filed in Supreme Court, BJP leader resigns over OBC clause

Protest intensifies against new UGC Equity Regulations; PIL filed in Supreme Court, BJP leader resigns over OBC clause

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A nationwide controversy has erupted over the University Grants Commission’s newly notified Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, with a public interest litigation (PIL) now before the Supreme Court of India, political resignations in Uttar Pradesh, and protests spreading across several states. On January 13, 2026, the University Grants Commission (UGC) officially notified the Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, replacing the earlier 2012 anti-discrimination framework. However, critics argue that key provisions are vague, one-sided and vulnerable to misuse, raising constitutional and procedural concerns. What the UGC’s 2026 equity regulations mandate Under the new framework, all universities and colleges are required to establish Equal Opportunity Centres, Equity Committees, grievance redressal mechanisms, monitoring teams and 24×7 helplines. These bodies are tasked with addressing complaints from students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC). Also Read | Dharamshala Dalit college student death: UGC orders probe, says safety paramount Purpose of the Regulations: The new rules aim to promote fairness and inclusion in higher education. They …

UGC issues draft norms to promote equity in varsities | Latest News India

UGC issues draft norms to promote equity in varsities | Latest News India

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New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Thursday issued draft guidelines for the establishment of equal opportunity centre (EOC) in higher education institutions (HEIs) to oversee effective implementation of policies and programmes to eradicate discrimination. The development comes after the Supreme Court on January 3 directed the higher education regulator to notify within six weeks new regulations to combat caste-based discrimination and suicides in higher education institutions. (HT PHOTO) The development comes after the Supreme Court on January 3 directed the higher education regulator to notify within six weeks new regulations to combat caste-based discrimination and suicides in higher education institutions. The directive from the apex court came during the hearing of a 2019 petition filed by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi, mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who died by suicide in 2016 over alleged caste-based discrimination. The objective behind the move is to eradicate discrimination on the basis of religion, race, gender, place of birth, and caste, especially against the members of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), socially …

UGC directs higher education institutions to avoid enrolment of foreign nationals in online programmes

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The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a notice to all higher education institutions asking them to refrain from admitting foreign nationals into open and distance learning (ODL) programmes. The notice highlighted the eligibility criteria specified in UGC regulations Annexure III that only students residing in India are eligible for enrolment in ODL programs. Milestone Alert! Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world 🌏 Click here to know more. Unlock a world of Benefits! From insightful newsletters to real-time stock tracking, breaking news and a personalized newsfeed – it’s all here, just a click away! Login Now! Catch all the Education News and Updates on Live Mint. Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates & Live Business News. More Less Published: 28 Apr 2024, 10:50 PM IST Topics You May Be Interested In Source link

Universities are failing to boost economic growth

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Universities have boomed in recent decades. Higher-education institutions across the world now employ on the order of 15m researchers, up from 4m in 1980. These workers produce five times the number of papers each year. Governments have ramped up spending on the sector. The justification for this rapid expansion has, in part, followed sound economic principles. Universities are supposed to produce intellectual and scientific breakthroughs that can be employed by businesses, the government and regular folk. Such ideas are placed in the public domain, available to all. In theory, therefore, universities should be an excellent source of productivity growth. In practice, however, the great expansion of higher education has coincided with a productivity slowdown. Whereas in the 1950s and 1960s workers’ output per hour across the rich world rose by 4% a year, in the decade before the covid-19 pandemic 1% a year was the norm. Even with the wave of innovation in artificial intelligence (ai), productivity growth remains weak—less than 1% a year, on a rough estimate—which is bad news for economic growth. A …

Higher education institutions to be assessed under Binary Accreditation system, grading system to go

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As per the system, NAAC will categorise HEIs either as “accredited” or “not accredited” instead of giving them grades based on their assessment.  After the NAAC executive council meeting, held on Saturday, it was decided that the new set of reforms will be implemented in two stages. The binary accreditation (accredited or not accredited) system will come into effect for the next four months, and Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation (levels 1 to 5) will be implemented by December. Under Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation, the accredited institutions will be further given levels between one and five to encourage them to achieve the highest level. “There will be Binary Accreditation (either accredited or not accredited) rather than grades to encourage all the institutions to get on-boarded in the accreditation process thereby creating a quality culture in the higher education system,” a senior Ministry of Education (MoE) official said. “The binary accreditation is also in line with the best practices followed in many leading countries in the world,” he added. Maturity-Based Graded Accreditation System  The second phase of the implementation …