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The Commission in its 551st meeting held on 1st July 2021 decided that the academic session of July 2021 shall be changed to November 2021.

In the letter, UGC has stated that the National Cadet Corps (NCC) activities involve multiplicity of responsibilities in the Central Government, the Education Department and the State Governments and the NCC

The Ministry of Education had earlier announced that admission to universities will be based on a common entrance test from 2021 academic session but the plan could not take off due to challenges posed by COVID-19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Forum on December 3. This year the United Kingdom, Indonesia and South Africa are participating in the event as partner countries.

The timing of the new NEP’s announcement was good. However, the pandemic has affected its implementation, says UGC Chairman.

According to the notification, applications for the post of UGC chairman can be submitted till November 30.

The higher education regulator said most of the Central Universities have not framed the Cadre Recruitment Rules of non-teaching posts as per instructions issued by it on August 14, 2015.

As per the Ministry of Education, the effort of the government is to create such an ecosystem in which along with educating the youth of India, they can be made employable.

Earlier, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said that Ph.D will not be mandatory for recruitment of Assistant Professors due to Covid-19 pandemic, but only for the time being.

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the centre has decided to put on hold the plan to make PhD a minimum qualification for recruitment of assistant professors this year. This information was recently shared by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Vice-Chancellors of Universities offering apprenticeship/internship-embedded degree programmes have been asked to submit the information by October 10, 2021. 

The CBSE had introduced Applied Mathematics course for students of classes 9 and 12. The subject involves 80 per cent marks for theory and 20 per cent marks for practical works in the board examination.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has debarred the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Andhra Pradesh from offering courses in open and distance learning (ODL) and online learning mode for 2021-22 academic session.

The Supreme Court on Monday (Sept 6) announced that the Class 12 students appearing for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Private, Patrachar and second compartmental exam can apply for higher education even before their results are published.

The fresh extension, which has been granted ‘keeping in view the larger interest of the research scholars’  will enable MPhil and PhD candidates to submit their thesis by December 31, 2021.