Topic: UGC
UGC states that institutes in PoK are neither established by the Government of India nor recognized by statutory authorities such as UGC, AICTE, MCI etc
The ordinance will restore the original formula to take entire institution as one unit for calculating quota, instead of individual departments as per court order
The government has denied that it has received any IB report against universities selected for IoE status, as alleged by The Print report
"The effort is to facilitate the education of deserving candidates from all sections,” a UGC official said
The UGC had issued a circular to higher education institutions suggesting them to celebrate 'Surgical Strike Day'.
Govt is all set to scrap the UGC and AICTE and replace them with one higher education regulator with a legislation.
