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One hundred labs for developing apps using 5G services will be set up in HEIs, to realize a new range of opportunities, business models and employment potential. The labs will cover among others, apps like Smart Classrooms, Precision Farming, Intelligent Transport Systems and Healthcare.

Now students of different colleges can do research work or can also avail of the sports facilities in colleges other than those they are currently studying in. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made an important plan to share the resources of different universities and colleges keeping in view the interests of the students.

According to the NTA, they have been receiving a few representations from the applicants for fixing the last date to calculate the age limit to apply for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). The Official notice says that “The National Eligibility Test (NET) Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC) (vide Letter No.4- 1/2019 (NET/NTA) dated 02 January 2023) has requested the NTA to fix the upper age limit for applying for JRF as 01.12.2022 instead of 01.02.2023”. 

The UGC's Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) Regulations, 2023 aim to facilitate the entry of foreign higher educational institutions into India. The UGC had notified the guidelines on internationalisation of higher education in 2021, which included provisions like setting up an Office for International Affairs and Alumni Connect Cell in the Universities. To foster academic collaboration between Indian and foreign higher educational institutions, the UGC (Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Educational Institutions to offer Twinning,

According to the schedule released by UGC Chief, CUET-PG examination will be organized from 1st of June till 10th of June 2023. M. Jagadesh Kumar Tweeted “Great opportunity for students to try for admission to multiple universities in post-graduate programmes using the CUET-PG score”.

The craze among Indian students to study abroad was increasing every year. According to a government figure presented in the Lok Sabha last week, six lakh Indian students went abroad for higher education till November, this year, while in 2021, the number was 4.44 lakh. The data states that Canada, Germany, Australia, the US and Italy are the top five countries where Indian students go for further studies.

Students will be able to graduate in their mother tongue. In view of the same, preparations have begun to make the course books available in languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil and Telugu among others. The University Grants Commission (UGC), under an initiative by the Union Ministry of Education, is engaging with publishers to translate English textbooks to various Indian languages.

The CSIR NET 2021 exam was conducted in the Computer Based Test(CBT) mode, from 16 to 18 September 2022, in two shifts i.e. morning and evening. The exams were held at 306 centres across 166 cities. The answer key of the exam was released on October 1, later the students were given a chance to raise objections.

Eligible candidates can check their answer key at the official website - ugcnet.nta.nic.in. It is important to note that candidates who wish to challenge the answer key can raise their objections before October 20, 5 PM. Candidates are required to pay a sum of Rs 200 per answer challenged, to be paid online by 11:50 pm on October 20. Once the candidate raises their objection and challenges a question, it will then be verified by the panel of subject experts.

The UGC is expected to make it public in a few days for stakeholder's feedback. After the autonomy, there will be no, or just a few nominees of UGC and Universities in the high level committees of the colleges. Also, there will be less interference in the functioning of the college. The regulations will be finalised after receiving feedback from the stakeholders.