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Higher
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Higher
Education in India has evolved in distinct and divergent
streams with each stream monitored by an apex body,
indirectly controlled by the Ministry
of Human Resource Development. The 415
universities/ institutions, are mostly funded by the state
governments. However, there are 25 important universities
called Central universities, which are maintained by the
Union Government and because of relatively large funding,
they have an edge over the others. The engineering education and business schools are
monitored and accredited by the All
India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while
medical education is monitored and accredited by the Medical
Council of India (MCI). Like-wise, agriculture
education and research is monitored by the Indian
Council for Agriculture Research. Apart from these,
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) controls all
the teacher training institutions in the country. The country has some ace engineering, management and
medical education institutions which are directly funded
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Union
Government. Admission to all professional education
colleges is done through all-India common admission tests
of which the IIT-JEE, AIEEE, CAT and CPMT are the most
popular ones. Most of the institutions reserve a small percentage of
seats for foreign students.
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Sibal
trouble : Education Tribunals
Bill 2010 put off in Rajya Sabha
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NEW DELHI :
An elated Kapil Sibal had to beat a
hasty retreat in Rajya Sabha on August 31 when some
Congress members joined a determined Opposition to
force him to defer the crucial
Educational
Tribunals Bill 2010 to the next session of
Parliament.
The jolt was painful and pungent firstly because the
same Opposition had supported the Bill in the Lok Sabha
last week and secondly because Human Resource
Development Minister Kapil Sibal hadn't expected the
kind of reaction from Congress members.
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Finance Ministry throws
spanner in IIT, IIM autonomy wheel
NEW DELHI :
Finance Ministry has rejected a
long-standing demand of the IITs and the IIMs
seeking freedom from government interference in creating
faculty posts.
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All-India medical admission test put on hold
after TN protest
NEW DELHI : Bowing
to pressure from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister the Centre
has put on hold the decision by the MCI to hold a CET
for MBBS courses from the next academic session.
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Nalanda university Bill approved by Lok
Sabha as well
NEW
DELHI: On August 26 Lok Sabha
adopted the Nalanda University Bill, 2010, which has
already been approved by the Rajya Sabha, to set up
a Rs 1,005 crore international university at Nalanda
in Bihar.
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K'nataka govt firm on getting medical seats from deemed
varsities
BANGALORE : With deemed medical universities
rejecting the state government request for some
share in their medical seats a grim shadow of a long drawn-out tussle
looms large over the state.
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MUMBAI VARSITY OKAYS 43 NEW COLLEGES FOR CITY
AMU TO START BENGAL,
KERALA CENTRES THIS SESSION
BAR COUNCIL
WARNS LAW COLLEGES : PERFORM OR PERISH
KANPUR IIT
STUDENTS DEVELOP NANO SATELLITE
MHRD SACKS
JAMSHEDPUR NIT OFFICIATING DIRECTOR
UP MOVE TO PAY REVISED PAY TO
COLLEGE TEACHERS
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Parliament okays MCI (Amendment) Bill
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NEW DELHI : On
August 26 Parliament approved the amendments to Medical
Council of India Act replacing the MCI with a 7-doctor
board. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 20
without discussion, as members were busy protesting for a
pay hike. The Bill is aimed at restoring the credibility of
the apex body of medical education, Health Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad said during the debate in the Upper House on the
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Appointment of Mumbai VC challenged in HC |
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MUMBAI : A local environmentalist has
moved Mumbai High Court alleging that the newly appointed
vice- chancellor of Mumbai University, Rajan Welukar, does
not have the required academic qualifications.
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IIM-CAT
to be held over more days |
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LUCKNOW : The
Common Admission Test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of
Management and other top B-schools, will be held over 20
days between October 27 and November 24 this year. Himanshu
Rai, the admissions chairman of IIM Lucknow and the convener
of CAT 2010, said that the computerised test has been
preponed by almost a month to avoid the dates clashing with
other examinations. Last year, the test was held daily
between November 28 and December 7. |
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IIT-JEE
on April 10, no change in format |
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LUCKNOW : The
Joint Entrance Examination for admission to the 15 Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be held on April 10 and
the pattern of the test will remain unchanged, the
Joint Admission Board decided on August 21. The board met at
IIT Kanpur and decided to stick to the current pattern for
2011.
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