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With the National
Eligibility cum Entrance Test
finally
set to execute a new regime in medical college
admissions from 2017 - and in all its glory at that -
and the Modi government and the Supreme Court firm to
overhaul the Medical Council of India, the coming years may usher in a new
system for the new age.
The proliferation of engineering colleges in 1990 had
necessitated setting up of the All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE), and now, 25 years later, the
Judiciary and Parliament have tacitly concurred to
change the medical education set up in the country. With the
Opposition in favour for a change and the Judiciary
favourably inclined, the proposed
National Medical Commission Bill,
2016 may be a reality during the winter session of
Parliament.
The draft Bill has no place for the
Lodha committee so
the short-lived committee which has raised more
questions than it could answer, would have to wind up or
may perpetuate in its new avatar like the oversight
committee for medical admissions or fee structure
adjudication/arbitration authority under the new
regime.
With the
Supreme Court order dated
April 28 and May 9,
2016 specifically
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India Rankings 2017 : Jadavpur, Anna universities break
the glass ceiling
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NEW DELHI : While the results of the India Rankings 2017,
released here on April 3, were strictly on the expected
lines, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, and two
universities from Tamil Nadu made surprise appearance on
the national scene. The results were announced by Union
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar here at a press
conference in which most Centrally funded institutes and
universities scored top positions leaving poor state
universities/institution far behind. Despite all odds
that the state universities face, Jadavpur University
scored 12th, Anna University, Chennai, 13th and Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore scored 16th positions
respectively.
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Haryana moves to
tighten hold over pvt varsity admissions
CHANDIGARH : On June 19
the Haryana government moved to tighten its grip on all
private universities ordering them to make admissions to
their technical and professional courses through
Centralised entrance examinations.
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UGC's stick
and carrot policy for deemed universities
NEW DELHI :
Human Resource Development Ministry has
approved amendments to
UGC (Institutions Deemed to be
Universities) Regulations, 2010 that would
restrict early fee realisation from students but
grant relief in land requirement and opening of
off-campus centres.
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Javadekar pushes seat hike agenda at IIT
Council meet
NEW DELHI :
On August 23 Human
Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar pushed through his seat
hike agenda at the IIT Council meeting here despite objections from
directors.
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Most B-schools producing
sub-standard passouts : ASSOCHAM
NEW DELHI : Except some top Business schools like
the IIMs most of 5,500
B-schools in the country are producing sub-standard passouts who are largely un-employable,
says an ASSOCHAM study.
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NALANDA VARSITY RUINS IN UNESCO'S
HERITAGE LIST
punjab
private varsities running diploma courses
varsities resent
re-recognition of distance edu courses
NO FACULTY, NO
FACILITIES IN NEW PVT. MEDICAL COLLEGES
ENGINEERING LOSES LURE AS STUDENTS
TURN TO HUMANITIES
52% IIT ENTRANTS
QUALIFIED BY SELF-STUDY, SAYS REPORT
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NLSIU
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BANGALORE : In
quick move on June 20 the Karnataka assembly unanimously
passed the National Law School of India (Amendment) Bill
2017 which seeks to reserve 50 per cent seats in the coveted
National Law School of India University (NLSIU) for
Karnataka residents. The bill has rattled the law education
authorities because NLSIU being an institution of national
importance would trigger off a cascading effect on other law
schools.
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4 VCs
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LUCKNOW : Four Uttar Pradesh state universities
which were headless for a long time got their
vice-chancellors on May 24 and 26 - and surprisingly the
lions share has gone to Lucknow.
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Sunaina
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PATNA : On
March 28 Dr Sunaina Singh, vice-chancellor of English and
Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, was appointed new
vice-chancellor of Nalanda University. She is expected to
join her new job in the second week of April.
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LUCKNOW : The
appointment of Dr Dinesh Sharma, a commerce professor, as
Deputy Chief Minister with Higher Education and Secondary
Education portfolios has, after a long time, sparked hope in
the much neglected sectors of Uttar Pradesh.
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Integral
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LUCKNOW : On March 7 Allahabad High Court upheld the contention that the
VC's office in Integral University was a
public office, and ordered the EC to remove its vice-chancellor S Waseem Akhtar as he was ineligible for the post.
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