Tag: Higher education institutions

Economic Survey 2024-25: India sees 13.8% growth in HEIs, GER reaches 28.4% in higher education. (ANI Photo) The Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on January 31, 2025, has revealed significant advancements in India’s higher education sector. Key highlights of the survey include a 13.8% growth in the number of higher education institutions (HEIs) and an impressive rise in the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) from 23.7% to 28.4% in the 18-23 age group between 2014-15 and 2021-22.Surge in Higher Education InstitutionsIndia’s higher education system continues to expand rapidly, driven by an increasing demand for ... Read more

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the one-day workshop for higher educational institutions to develop their Institution Development Plan (IDP) on Wednesday.According to the University Grants Commission release, the workshop is aimed at empowering higher educational institutions for their academic and professional excellence in the light of UGC Guidelines on IDP.Aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the IDP provides institutions a clear roadmap to develop their vision, mission and goals for a future-ready education at the institutional level.He also expressed that the IDP should go beyond the documents and mission statements to realise the nation’s goals ... Read more

NIRF Ranking 2024: The National Institutional Ranking Framework or NIRF is a ranking methodology adopted by the Education Ministry to rank higher educational institutions in India. The framework was approved by the erstwhile Human Resource Development Ministry (HRD) and launched by the Minister for Education on September 29, 2015. When & Where to Check 2024 India Rankings List The India Rankings for the current year (2024) will be released at 3 pm today (August 12), as per a notice on the official NIRF rankings website. You can check the list on the official website here – https://nirfindia.org/ About NIRF Parameters ... Read more

Chennai, Lauding the students of government schools who are set to join premier higher education institutions both in India and abroad, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said the state government would bear the initial travel expenses of those going abroad and fund the education of pupils who pursue higher education in top centres of learning, including the IITs.In his address at a function here to felicitate 461 such students from government schools, the chief minister lauded them, their teachers and parents, as well as School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and the education department. “We could ... Read more

UGC – Universities can admit students semi-annually  UGC has announced that higher education institutions (HEIs) in India will be allowed to admit students twice a year starting from the academic session of 2024-25. UGC Chairman Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar revealed this groundbreaking change, aiming to align Indian universities with global standards and enhance flexibility in the admission process. Addressing the Rigidity of the Current System Currently, universities in India operate on a fixed academic schedule that begins in July-August and ends in May-June, with admissions taking place only once a year. This rigid system often poses challenges for students who ... Read more

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. Under regulation 23 of UGC, ODL Programmes and Online Programmes Regulations, 2020, “(3) Learner’s enrolment (for open and distance learning mode): A learner residing in any part of the country may enrol in any programme being offered by a higher educational institution recognised by the Commission ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more