Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): As many as 15,000 students from across the country will participate in the Smart India Hackathon event starting from August 25, Union Minister of State Subhas Sarkar said.

New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Officials from the Ministry of Education, University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education, and NTA reviewed the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) arrangements at the test centres across the country together with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, said UGC Chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday.

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday launched over 1 lakh internship opportunities for the youth through the All India Council For Technical Education internship portal and said there should be an aim to provide 100 million internship opportunities in the next three years "for boosting the employability of youth".

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI The UGC on Friday advised students interested in pursuing courses in universitys in China to be aware of the Covid-related travel restrictions imposed by that country saying many Indians have not been able to return to continue their studies there due to the curbs It also said that as there has been no relaxation in the restrictions Chinese authorities have conveyed that courses will be conducted online However according to the rules the University Grants Commission UGC and the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE do not recognise such degree courses done only in online mode without prior approval the UGC said in a public notice The notice was released after a few Chinese universities issued notices for admission to various degree programmes for the current and the upcoming academic years In this context any prospective student needs to be aware that the Government of the Peoples Republic of China has imposed strict travel restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 and suspended all visas since November 2020 A large number of Indian students have not been able to return to China to continue their studies due to these restrictions the UGC said It also noted that there has been no relaxation in the restrictions and Chinese authorities have already conveyed that courses will be conducted online As per the extant rules UGC and AICTE do not recognise such degree courses done only in online mode without prior approval In view of the above students are advised to exercise due diligence in choosing where to pursue higher education to avoid further problems in employment or higher studies the UGC notice said PTI SLB ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said the US is a natural ally to India in forging new-age knowledge partnerships.

New Delhi Oct 26 PTI The academic session for freshers in engineering colleges and other technical institutions across the country will begin from November 30 the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE has announcedClasses for existing students of technical colleges began from October 1According to the revised academic calendar the induction programme for first-year students will begin from November 15 while the classes will commence from November 30This schedule is not applicable for the institutions who have already completed the admission process and started the classes as per the earlier schedule However if such institutes admit new students against vacancies then the new schedule of cancellation and fee refund shall be applicable AICTE Member Secretary Rajive Kumar saidThe last date for cancellation of seats for technical courses with full refund has been extended up to November 25New students can take lateral entry admission to second-year courses till October 30 as per the calendar PTI GJS IJT

Chennai Oct 21 PTI The Madras High Court on Thursday suggested to the educational authorities to hold classes virtually and physically depending upon the circumstances and other related issues The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu gave the suggestion while disposing of a PIL petition from Nervazhi Iyakkam Trust seeking a direction to the authorities to frame a new scheme to vaccinate the students above 18 pursuing higher education along with teaching and non-teaching staff of the institutions that provide higher education on an immediate basis and consequently take effective steps to re-start in-person classes The judges said it needs to be recorded that the petition has served out its purpose Most students involved in higher education together with the teaching and non-teaching staff had been vaccinated At any rate those interested in getting vaccinated have had an opportunity in such regard Several institutions have also opened and classes are being conducted Virtual classes had been conducted across the board While the atmosphere of being together in a school or in a college or a university must also be experienced as much as the education imparted there students may exercise the choice of attending classes on the virtual mode subject to obtaining permission or in cases when they are unwell or the like Indeed several students who spend a lot of time travelling may be spared the daily trouble by choosing which of the days to attend classes physically and which others to attend on the virtual mode subject to any rules or regulations that may be prescribed in such regard the bench said The idea of the court was to initiate a discussion to continue some form of education on the virtual mode whether as a substitute for the physical mode or in addition to the physical mode or as a combination Papers had been filed by the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education indicating how several courses were permitted online while others are not It might do well for all the nodal bodies to re-visit the matter without being unnecessarily rigid so that education may be more accessible for instance to persons with disabilities who may have locomotor disabilities and face difficulty in travelling However since the petition had worked itself out and there were no reports yet of a further surge though a substantial part of the festive season was already over the bench hoped that life could return to normal but with the lessons learnt from the pandemic in alternative forms of conducting business or education not to be forgotten so that the virtual mode of operation could go on hand in hand with the physical mode students the bench added PTI COR SA ROH ROH