During an interaction with industrialists after inaugurating Atria University and Green Future Summit in Bnegaluru on Saturday, the CM said renewable energy will be used as an alternative fuel to diesel and petrol in the state in the coming days.

The Minister said NCrF will be a key for enhancing the economic gains from education, bringing a vast majority of population under the fold of formal education and skilling, achieving gross enrolment ratio (GER) targets and accelerating India's march towards a $5-trillion economy.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): YUJ Designs, a global design company, has always believed in the Power of Many. Its theme for Diwali too was #YUJwaliDiwali which was all about bonding and celebrating the joy of togetherness. But no joy is truly complete for YUJ until it makes a meaningful contribution to society and helps improve the quality of life of others. The company, therefore, decided to brighten up the festive season for almost 1,000 students studying at the Pragati School in Pune during Diwali by raising funds. The global design company raises funds for a school in Pune to help complete the pending civil work as part of its Diwali initiative. A Design Thinking Lab for its students is in the offing.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 12 (ANI): The Assam government has consolidated the Department of Elementary Education and the Department of Secondary Education into one department named the 'Department of School Education'.

New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday wrote to Vice-Chancellors of all universities and principals of all colleges and institutions informing them of their recently framed guidelines for pursuing two academic programmes simultaneously, and requesting for implementation of the same.

New Delhi Mar 19 PTI Admission to Delhi University colleges from the next academic year could be solely based on Common University Entrance Test CUET scores if a proposal in this regard is cleared by the varsitys decision-making bodies The universitys academic council will meet on Tuesday to discuss changes in the admission process to colleges in view of the varsity adopting the entrance test system With the implementation of CUET and based on decisions taken in the meeting the Delhi University DU will be doing away with the earlier system of admission under which it used to announce cut-offs based on Class 12 board results Moreover the minimum Class 12 board exam marks to take CUET will be the passing marks The DUs academic council will meet on March 22 to discuss changes in the admission criterion since the varsity has decided to opt for CUET from the 2022-23 academic year The decisions taken in the academic council meeting are likely to be taken up in the universitys executive council meeting scheduled for March 25 The executive council is the highest decision making body of the varsity The Standing Committee of the Academic Council in its meeting on March 17 had recommended that admissions to the varsity be solely based on CUET scores According to the minutes of the meeting the members said that it will not be feasible to include any other criterion based on marks obtained in board examinations The minutes stated that the members felt that the eligibility criterion must be inclusive to invite a large number of candidates from across the country Minimum criteria should be rephrased as the candidates must have passed the Class XII examination or equivalent thereto from a single recognised board read the minutes of the meeting The members have suggested that candidates must appear in CUET in only those subjects in which they have cleared Class 12 In case the subject studied in Class 12 is not mentioned in CUET members proposed that candidates must appear in the subject that is similar or closely related to the subject they have studied in Class 12 Merit will be calculated on the basis of combination of subjects in which a candidate has appeared in CUET as mentioned in the programme-specific eligibility the minutes read The standing committee was also of the view that admission to all supernumerary seats excluding foreign students be done through CUET It proposed that for admission to courses under the faculty of music and fine arts and BSc in physical education and sports combined CUET score and performance based test with 50 per cent weightage to both will be given It was also decided that admission to minority colleges like St Stephens and Jesus and Mary will also be done through CUET During centralised counselling separate merit lists will be generated for unreserved and minority candidates as per the reservation policy for these colleges Under the cut-off system these colleges released separate cut-offs and candidates willing to get admission to these colleges had to fill two forms -- a college specific form and the university common form However members have decided to recommend that admissions in the School of Open Learning SOL and the Non-Collegiate Women Education Board NCWEB will be according to the past practice For the NCWEB cut-offs are released while for SOL different subjects have separate eligibility criterion and different marks requirement The committee also recommended that the National Testing Agency NTA may be requested to add geology environmental studies languages in section-II domain specific subjects of CUET If these subjects get included appropriate modification will be made in the programme specific eligibility According to the tentative structure of CUET there will be three sections Section-I will have questions on reading comprehension verbal ability synonyms and antonyms Candidates can opt one out of 13 languages for this section Section-II will be subject specific and 27 subjects have been listed so far under it Section-III will have two sub-sections -- general tests for vocational and open eligibility programmes Meanwhile the members have suggested holding admission to post graduate and PhD programmes for the academic session 2022-2023 through the Delhi University Entrance Test DUET which will be conducted by the NTA according to past practice However they are likely to table certain relaxations in theeligibility condition in the light of the new National Education Policy NEP with due approval from statutory bodies It was decided that in the post graduate registration form additional fields should be made to capture data related to CGPA GPA and percentage The issue of admission for the College of Art which was not beingundertaken by the University of Delhi for the last few academic Sessionswas taken up for discussions in the standing committee meeting The Delhi University was informed that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor has in-principle approved the merger of the College of Art COA with the city-government run Ambedkar University subject to its de-affiliation from DU The standing committee recommended that admission of the College of Art may be taken up by the university in case it is not de-affiliated with the Univerity of Delhi the minutes read DU has not yet approved the de-affiliationPTI VASLB VA ANB ANB ANB

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Thursday that the state universities will now also have skill courses along with subjective courses.