After Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh urges PM Narendra Modi to tell UGC to reconsider decision to conduct exams
The Punjab Government on Friday had also announced the cancellation of the pending examinations of various classes of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).
Jul 11, 2020, 20:45 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Narendra Modi, urges him to cancel final-year exams of central varsities 'for the sake of youths'
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the final-year examinations of Delhi University and other central universities across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 11, 2020, 18:12 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi calls for cancellation of exams, urges UGC to promote students on basis of past performance
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that it is “extremely unfair to conduct exams during the COVID-19 pandemic’’ and urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to cancel the exams and promote students on the basis of their past performance.
Jul 10, 2020, 13:47 PM IST
UGC panel suggests scrapping final year exams of all colleges, universities
A day after the Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been advised to revisit guidelines for intermediate and Terminal Semester examinations, the UGC panel on Thursday recommended scrapping the final year examinations.
Jun 25, 2020, 11:19 AM IST
University exams likely to be cancelled as HRD minister asks UGC to 'revisit' earlier guidelines
HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank earlier in the day asked the UGC to revisit the guidelines issued earlier for intermediate and terminal semester examinations and academic calendar.
Jun 24, 2020, 19:35 PM IST
UGC asked to revisit guidelines for Intermediate, terminal semester examinations
Union Human Resource Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday (June 24) asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to revisit the guidelines issued earlier for intermediate and terminal semester examinations and academic calendar.
Jun 24, 2020, 18:48 PM IST
COVID-19: Odisha cancels pending UG/PG final semester exam, tells colleges to follow UGC- recommended evaluation method
In view of the COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government has decided to cancel all pending final semester and final year exams of various Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses.
Jun 11, 2020, 20:58 PM IST
Promote UG, PG students to final year without exams, Maharashtra urges UGC
The Maharashtra minister requested the UGC to consider the option to promote students without conducting exams of last year for undergraduates and postgraduates.
May 19, 2020, 19:02 PM IST
UGC panels recommend academic session in varsities from Sep, online exams wherever possible
Two committees were constituted by the UGC to look into the issues of academic loss and online education in the wake of the lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 25, 2020, 19:53 PM IST
Coronavirus impact: UGC tells universities to postpone exams, suspend evaluation work
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all universities and affiliated colleges on Thursday (March 19, 2020) to postpone examinations till March-end due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The evaluation work will be suspended during the period too.
Mar 19, 2020, 15:34 PM IST
University Grants Commission gives boost to 'Fit India Campaign'
The University Grants Commission has decided to come up with an action plan to take 'Fit India Campaign' to higher education institutes. The action plan recommends setting up fitness clubs, talks by health specialists, organising fitness activities among others.
Feb 21, 2020, 21:20 PM IST
MHRD urges JNU students to end strike, asks UGC to bear service, utility charges for hostel residents
The MHRD also asked the UGC to bear the cost of service and utility charges for the hostel residents in JNU.
Jan 10, 2020, 22:19 PM IST
CBSE has made Health and Physical Education compulsory in all classes from I-XII: HRD Minister
CBSE has introduced a streamlined and well designed Health and Physical Education (HPE) program to mainstream health and physical education in schools for students of class I - XII, the HRD minister told the Rajya Sabha.
Dec 05, 2019, 22:47 PM IST
JNU: ABVP to approach UGC against fee hike
ABVP informed in a press statement that it will carry out the signature campaign and submit it to the UGC. ABVP also added that it was committed to making the university administration roll back the fee hike.
Nov 12, 2019, 21:56 PM IST
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IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, BHU, University of Delhi & Hyderabad declared Institutions of Eminence
Letters of Intent were also issued to five private universities for accepting and sending their preparedness for being declared as IoE.
Sep 05, 2019, 16:40 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch 'Fit India Movement' today; schools, colleges to live-stream event
The programme will be directly telecast on Doordarshan between 10 AM to 11 AM.
Aug 29, 2019, 06:24 AM IST
UGC releases list of 23 fake universities, maximum in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi
Check out the complete list of 23 fake universities in India.
Jul 24, 2019, 10:16 AM IST
List of fake universities and unapproved institutions available on UGC, AICTE websites: Govt
The AICTE and UGC maintain a list of fake universities and unapproved institutions on their websites, Union HRD Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Thursday.
Jun 27, 2019, 21:37 PM IST
