High Education

Soon UGC is going to send a letter to the higher educational institutions (HEIs) offering online and ODL programmes to mandatorily register their students in ABC. There are 58 HEIs offering online and 86 HEIs offering ODL programmes. UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar told IANS that there will be mandatory compliance of the ABC for programmes offered in ODL and Online mode.

"With concerted efforts, Indian medical students have started returning to mainland China to re-join their respective universities. In order to ensure timely facilitation of their consular needs, Indian students in China are requested to fill in the registration form," a notification on the Indian Embassy's website stated on Friday.

Registered candidates can check the list on DU's official website and can accept the allotted seat from October 19 to October 21. The various colleges affiliated with DU can verify and accept the online applications from October 19 to October 22. The seats awarded on the basis of the first merit list can be accepted till 5 p.m. on October 21.

The Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University on Friday said they intend to apply for the status of internationally competitive universities, which will enable the new entity to receive funding from the government's new 10-trillion-yen ($68-billion) programme for helping universities generate global competitiveness. The two institutions are among only 10 national schools designated by the Japanese government as having top-level research capabilities in the country, Xinhua news agency reported.

Making this announcement, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said the temporary lifting of the 20-hour per week cap for the eligible post-secondary students will help in economic recovery and growth. The students will be allowed to work for more than 20 hours from November 15, 2022, till the end of 2023.

The core focus of the degree will be to provide relevant, industry-led experience to students. The program curriculum has been developed by the University in collaboration with Accenture to offer relevant, industry-led pedagogy and experience to students. The course blends contemporary business subjects such as Economics, Accounting, Law, and Marketing, with expertise in digital technologies, including AI, cybersecurity and Cloud platforms.

Despite paying significant attention to education and increasing spending on the education system, India struggles to make its place on the list. Over 60% of adults in Canada, according to the OECD, have completed post-secondary education. According to the list, the USA slipped off a spot, previously it was ranked sixth and this year it stands at the seventh spot. Here is the complete list of countries and their rank, according to the 'World of Statistics' :

The US Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will explore partnerships with the Indian education sector during the delegation visits to Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi between September 12-16. The delegation will comprise representatives of 21 US HEIs from 15 US states which will go around the three major Indian cities, against the backdrop of India's New Education Policy-2020.

Under this, all courses will be made available in higher education institutions of the country and the colleges with 3,000 or more students will become degree-granting multi-disciplinary autonomous institutions. With these changes, on one hand students will get more options than before, while on the other the education institutions will get more autonomy. Efforts are being made to build a consensus to implement these changes. For this, all the higher education institutions across the country have been contacted.

In a weekly presser, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday, "It is an important issue. We have taken up the matter with Canada to make sure that students are not affected. We will continue to take measures to help the Indian students who want to go abroad for studies."