Recommendations of the B V R Mohan Reddy Panel The panel headed by B V R Mohan Reddy has made the following recommendations to the AICTE: To stop setting up new colleges from 2020 and review the creation of new capacity every two years after that. No additional seats should be approved in traditional engineering …
Context The Ministry of Human Resource Development has taken the decision to give Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to six institutes The three pillars for growth (Make a diagram of these) Expansion Inclusion and Excellence Research output of India among other countries The growth of these and other national institutions will also depend on policies …
Context: The government is set to replace the apex higher education regulator, University Grants Commission (UGC), with a higher education commission by repealing the UGC Act, 1951, for better administration of the HE sector. Centre has placed in the public domain a draft Bill for eliciting suggestions from educationists. The Draft Bill The draft Higher …
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Facts: The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education of Indian has registered an increase from 10% in 2004-05 to 25.8% in 2017-18according to latest All India Higher Education Survey (AIHES) released by HRD Ministry. India is aiming to attain GER of 30% by 2020, but it is still far behind countries like China with …