High Education

Experts have advised Delhi officials on the closing of schools again amid rising cases in the National Capital. Schools in Delhi will not be closed, officials said on Wednesday. "Schools will not be closed and will continue with offline classes. Schools have been asked to report all cases to the education department and ensure that Covid protocols are followed strictly. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is constantly monitoring the situation in schools," a senior official said.

The move is in consonance with NEP and aims at assessing learning goals. Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Monika Garg has asked universities, including those run privately, to implement the grading system. According to the system, a student scoring between 91 and 100 in any course/paper of any major, minor subject, co-curricular and vocational subjects will be awarded a grade point of 10 and grade letter of O (Outstanding).

There are six minority colleges at Delhi University. St. Stephens is one of the minority colleges of DU where 50% of seats are reserved for the minority candidates.  Stephens released a notice on its official website to convey that the admission to their college will be based on 85% CUET score and 15% on the interview for all applicants of all categories and not just for unreserved/minority candidates.

For the non-CUET-based courses, the entrance examination will take place on June 2 for all undergraduate admissions. The candidates can start filling up their application forms and submit it last till May 12. Application forms for PG courses have also been opened starting from April 14. The application for CUET(UG) courses has already started on April 6 and will last till May 6.  

JIBS is one among the eight top-ranked institutes in Asia shortlisted for the 'Teaching and Learning Strategy' category, this year. The institute has been rewarded for its inclusive teaching and learning strategies, research innovation, and community outreach initiatives that impact a diverse group of stakeholders consisting of students, educators, career counsellors, and corporate and non-corporate officials.

The improvement in Jindal Global Law School's global ranking marks a continuity in its ascent for the past several years. Before making it to the global top 70 in 2022, JGLS was ranked 76th in 2021, and in the 101-150 bracket in 2020. Its domestic ranking as the No.1 law school in India has, however, remained unchanged for the past three years.

The "Textbook of Sociology for Nurses", penned by senior author T. K. Indrani propounded the theory that the much-abhorred system of dowry was actually good for society and argued that it helps parents of "ugly looking girls" to get them married off. The "gems of social wisdom" are visible in its Chapter 6, Pg. 122, justifying how the main cause of accepting dowry by the groom's parents is that they have to, in turn, give dowry to their daughters and sisters (outgoing).

As per information received from Bureau of Immigration (BoI), the number of Indian students, who departed India for higher education in the current year, is 1,33,135 so far while there were 4,44,553 students in 2021 and 2,59,655 in 2020, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

Online higher education is emerging as the fastest growing sub-segment of the edtech sector. The user base for online higher education grew by 75 per cent in 2021, despite a three times growth in the average ticket size compared to the K12 segment. In fact, the market size for online higher education in India is now comparable to the largest edtech segments (K6-12 including test preparation), the report showed.

On a day when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India, the UGC and AICTE warned Indian students and their parents not to seek admission in professional courses in China. The University Grant Commission (UGC) warning, a first of sorts in connection with Chinese educational institutions, invoked the extant rules that both UGC and AICTE "do not recognise such degree courses conducted only in online mode without prior approval".