UGC Asks Education Institutes to Spread Awareness About COVID-19, Issues New Advisory
3 years, 8 months ago

UGC Asks Education Institutes to Spread Awareness About COVID-19, Issues New Advisory

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The University Grants Commission has asked the higher education institutes across India to “play a lead role in spreading awareness with a renewed emphasis on ‘Dawai Bhi Kadai Bhi'” in its latest circular. The UGC has now issued a new advisory for higher education institutes asking them to not only follow COVID-appropriate behavior but also set an example for others. In its latest notice, UGC wrote to heads of all education institutes across the country including institutes and universities, “It is the cause of great worry that we are confronted with rising upward cases of COVID-19 throughout the country. To address this emerging crisis, it has been decided to focus on the five-fold strategy to deal with the situation – testing, tracing, treatment, COVID-appropriate behavior, and vaccination.” The UGC added, “heads of higher education institutions, faculty, students, and staff are requested to spread awareness about COVID appropriate behavior through websites and other media” UGC asked colleges to tweet COVID-19 appropriate behavior using hashtag #United2FightCorona.

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60 students of Patiala law university test positive for Covid-19, hostels to be vacated
2 years, 8 months ago

60 students of Patiala law university test positive for Covid-19, hostels to be vacated

India Today  

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in Patiala, Punjab, was declared a containment zone after 60 students tested positive for Covid-19. READ | Covid-19 worsens asthma in children, finds study India has been witnessing a spike in daily Covid-19 cases since the past few weeks, with several cases being reported from schools and colleges across many states. COVID-19 TALLY …

AICTE, UGC Warn Students Against Studying in China Amidst COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
2 years, 9 months ago

AICTE, UGC Warn Students Against Studying in China Amidst COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

News 18  

In a joint notice issued on March 25th, the All-India Council for Technical Education and University Grants Commission asked Indian students to “exercise due diligence” with respect to universities in China in the wake of COVID19 imposed travel restrictions by China government. In this context, any prospective student needs to be aware that the Government of People’s Republic of China …

NSUI asks UGC to conduct online exam for universities amid spike in Covid-19 cases
2 years, 11 months ago

NSUI asks UGC to conduct online exam for universities amid spike in Covid-19 cases

India Today  

The student wing of Congress, the National Students’ Union of India has asked the Union Grants Commission to conduct university exams in online mode amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. The president of NSUI, Neeraj Kundan, has raised concerns over the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in India. He said that students and guardians from across the country have mailed …

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions

The Hindu  

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Karnataka to Consider Opening Higher Education Institutions on Experts Advice
3 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka to Consider Opening Higher Education Institutions on Experts Advice

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said the government will consider opening higher educational institutions in a phased manner after vaccinating students and teachers, following recommendations from the Dr Devi Shetty-led expert committee on possible COVID-19 third wave. ”The committee has supported the relaxations in COVID curbs announced by the government, and have suggested opening up educational institutions …

IITs, higher education institutes want students to be vaccinated before returning to campus
3 years, 7 months ago

IITs, higher education institutes want students to be vaccinated before returning to campus

India Today  

Several higher educational institutes in India, including the Indian Institutes of Technology have said that vaccination of students and staff against coronavirus at the earliest is the way forward to ensure their safe return to the campuses. While talking to PTI about the vaccination for students, IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam said, “Vaccination seems to be the most immediate and …

J&K govt to give special scholarship to students who lost their parents to Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

J&K govt to give special scholarship to students who lost their parents to Covid-19

India Today  

The government of Jammu and Kashmir, in an effort to help those affected by the pandemic, has decided to provide special scholarships to students who have lost their parents to Covid-19, so that they can continue their studies without any hiccups. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha recently announced several relief measures for those who have been hit by …

Constitute COVID-19 Taskforce, Offer Counselling Facility: UGC Asks Colleges to Join Fight Against Pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Constitute COVID-19 Taskforce, Offer Counselling Facility: UGC Asks Colleges to Join Fight Against Pandemic

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The University Grants Commission has asked universities, higher education institutes to take a united stand in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “These challenging times demand that we remain sensitive to problems and needs of our stakeholders and extend our best possible support and help to overcome such unprecedented situation,” the UGC said in an official notice. “As heads of …

UGC urges universities, colleges to address Covid-19 challenges together
3 years, 7 months ago

UGC urges universities, colleges to address Covid-19 challenges together

India Today  

Amid surge in Covid-19 cases, the University Grants Commission, UGC has urged all the colleges and universities to work collectively by addressing the numerous challenges in terms of physical & mental health, safety, and overall mental well-being. As Heads of the Institutions, all of you have even greater responsibility to work collectively in the larger interest of all concerned for …

Govt Asks Centrally-funded Institutions to Postpone All Offline Exams Scheduled This Month
3 years, 8 months ago

Govt Asks Centrally-funded Institutions to Postpone All Offline Exams Scheduled This Month

News 18  

The Ministry of Education Monday asked all centrally-funded institutions to postpone offline exams scheduled in May in view of the Covid-19 situation in the country, officials said. In a letter to the heads of centrally funded institutions, Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare asked them to postpone all offline examinations scheduled this month. The institutions have been further advised to ensure …

Covid-19 violators to face legal actions: JNU
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 violators to face legal actions: JNU

India Today  

Covid-19 norms violators will face strict legal action, said the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Also, the movement of Covid-19 positive patients or those having similar symptoms and waiting for their test results, is strictly prohibited, and they are instructed to adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour, the registrar said. “Those who have inter-state travel history in recent time and coming from other …

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Tested COVID Positive
3 years, 8 months ago

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Tested COVID Positive

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Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has tested positive for the COVID-19. He also clarified that all the work in the ministry is being “conducted normally observing necessary precautions.” The 61-year-old minister has been addressing students and college events including convocations, meetings with board officials among others, his addresses have been held digitally. All the work of @EduMinOfIndia is being conducted …

Universities in Delhi to impose stricter guidelines on campus to fight Covid-19
3 years, 9 months ago

Universities in Delhi to impose stricter guidelines on campus to fight Covid-19

India Today  

Several higher educational institutes in the national capital region such as Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have plans of imposing stricter guidelines on campus to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus among the students and staff. While the DU issued guidelines on Saturday advising students to stay at home or their hostels and avoid physical presence for their …

HC concerned over reopening of schools in Uttar Pradesh amid covid-19 pandemic
4 years ago

HC concerned over reopening of schools in Uttar Pradesh amid covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

The Allahabad High Court has expressed its concern about the reopening of schools in Uttar Pradesh amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that all staff and students are following the Covid-19 safety guidelines, instead of ordering the schools to get closed again. Schools reopening in …

No plan to begin classes in colleges immediately: West Bengal Education Minister
4 years, 1 month ago

No plan to begin classes in colleges immediately: West Bengal Education Minister

India Today  

Amid Covid-19 rising cases, the West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has mentioned that there was no plan to start classes in colleges and universities across the state immediately. The higher education department is of the view, after eliciting the opinion of VCs, that classes cannot take place on the campuses in the present situation as the pandemic is continuing," …

Reopening of colleges opposed
4 years, 2 months ago

Reopening of colleges opposed

The Hindu  

Taking exceptions to the government’s decision to reopen the colleges from November 17 without consulting stakeholders, especially parents and the students’ organisations, All India Democratic Students’ Organisation alleged that the government was bending to pressures from private educational institutions. In a media note released on Saturday, Suresh G. and Ravikiran J.P., district president and secretary respectively, demanded that the government …

Covid-19: New Session for Freshers in Engineering Colleges, Technical Institutions from December 1
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: New Session for Freshers in Engineering Colleges, Technical Institutions from December 1

News 18  

The academic session for freshers in engineering colleges and other technical institutions across the country will begin from December 1 and the deadline for admissions has been further extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the All India Council for Technical Education. According to the academic calendar issued last month, the admission process for first-year students was to be …

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19
4 years, 5 months ago

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19

India Today  

Covid-19 pandemic is clearly a sign of changing times. New education trends Realizing that uninterrupted learning for students is the need of the hour, educational institutions in India have been quick to reinvent the education delivery to students. This has resulted in new education trends emerging to stay in the post-Covid-19 world. New trends to watch out for The global …

Covid-19 affects study abroad dreams of students, but there's no reason to panic: Here's why
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 affects study abroad dreams of students, but there's no reason to panic: Here's why

India Today  

Many countries are urging their universities to open this fall, resulting in institutions to think of creative ways to impart education. Reconfiguring classrooms and common areas to maintain social distancing Social distance awareness stickers in corridors Grab-and-go meal locations to avoid large student gatherings Plexiglass partitions in libraries Quarantine sections for students who are asymptomatic or who have tested positive …

UGC shares status report on university exams
4 years, 5 months ago

UGC shares status report on university exams

Live Mint  

The University Grants Commission today announced that it has received responses from 640 universities on the issue of holding exams amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In case of 27 private universities, which were established during 2019-20 to till date, the first batch is yet to become eligible for final examination, it said. On July 6, the UGC had issued revised exam …

Coronavirus lockdown | COVID-19 widened educational divide: UNESCO report
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | COVID-19 widened educational divide: UNESCO report

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities in education systems across the world. The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report noted that efforts to maintain learning continuity during the pandemic may have actually worsened exclusion trends. ‘Imperfect substitutes’ “Education systems responded with distance learning solutions, all of which offered less or more imperfect substitutes for classroom instruction,” said the report, noting that …

Worried about your child's higher education in a foreign university amid Covid-19 pandemic? Read this
4 years, 7 months ago

Worried about your child's higher education in a foreign university amid Covid-19 pandemic? Read this

India Today  

Covid-19 has left a number of prospective student candidates pondering about their future plans of joining foreign universities in the new academic year 2020-21. Of the total outward remittances worth USD 13.8 billion in 2018-19 under RBI - Liberalised Remittance Scheme, education - remittance formed 25.9 per cent of the outflow. This percentage increased for the period April 2019 - …

Covid-19 pandemic to impact study abroad plans of nearly 48 percent Indian students: QS Reports
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic to impact study abroad plans of nearly 48 percent Indian students: QS Reports

India Today  

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted decision of over 48 per cent Indian students who wanted to study abroad, according to a report by Quacquarelli Symonds, which comes out with coveted global ranking for educational institutions. The significantly lower return of investment in an already expensive international higher education domain coupled with further reduced chances of employability in the post COVID-19 …

Covid-19: 4 negative impacts and 4 opportunities created for education
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: 4 negative impacts and 4 opportunities created for education

India Today  

The world today is facing the biggest public health risk which is leading to one of the largest and the quickest reorganization of the world order. Passive learning by students The sudden shift to online learning without any planning -- especially in countries like India where the backbone for online learning was not ready and the curriculum was not designed …

Colleges, other institutes reopen in J&K with 30 percent staff but no classes
4 years, 8 months ago

Colleges, other institutes reopen in J&K with 30 percent staff but no classes

India TV News  

Universities, colleges and professional courses' institutes in Jammu and Kashmir reopened for administrative works with 30 percent staff, a day after the Higher Education Department allowed them to reopen, but not run any classes till May 30. A government order issued here said that offices of Vice Chancellors, head of departments, and those of principals of government degree colleges, polytechnic …

UGC releases new academic calendar: Here are top 10 important UGC updates
4 years, 8 months ago

UGC releases new academic calendar: Here are top 10 important UGC updates

India Today  

The University Grants Commission has issued guidelines on examinations and academic calendar for the universities in view of coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown in India. The UGC constituted an expert committee to deliberate and make recommendations on the issues related to the examinations and the academic calendar to avoid academic loss and take appropriate measures for the future of students. …

Covid-19 Lockdown: Schools, colleges likely to remain closed after May 3,
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: Schools, colleges likely to remain closed after May 3,

India Today  

With over 29,400 cases of novel Coronavirus in the country, it seems like Prime Minister Narendra Modi might extend the ongoing Pan-India lockdown. As per the news agency PTI, educational institutes, shopping malls, religious places, and public transport are likely to remain shut beyond May 3, 2020. However, the final decision will be taken during the weekend, officials said on …

Covid-19 Lockdown: Gadkari asks overseas Indian students to convert crisis into opportunity
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Lockdown: Gadkari asks overseas Indian students to convert crisis into opportunity

India Today  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday asked Indian overseas students to make concerted efforts to convert Covid-19 adversity into an opportunity. Gadkari said efforts need to meet not only Indian demand but also cater to the global market as many companies are looking to shift away from China. Gadkari invited the students and scientists of Indian origin to participate in …

UGC meeting to be held to discuss fresh admissions, exams, new guidelines
4 years, 8 months ago

UGC meeting to be held to discuss fresh admissions, exams, new guidelines

India Today  

The University Grants Commission on Monday called an emergent meeting to discuss issues of academic calendar and conduct of examinations as well as fresh admissions postponed due to Covid-19 lockdown. One of the committees led by Haryana University Vice-Chancellor RC Kuhad was formed to look into the ways of conducting exams in universities amid the lockdown and work on an …

Coronavirus outbreak: Decision about college exams only after UGC directions, says Uday Samant
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Decision about college exams only after UGC directions, says Uday Samant

India Today  

In view of the coronavirus crisis, the decision about when to hold university and college examinations in Maharashtra will be taken after instructions come from the University Grants Commission, state minister Uday Samant said on Friday. No decision had been taken about conducting examinations online, said Samant, minister for Higher and Technical Education, in a statement here. Setting up of …

Covid-19: How coronavirus is reshaping the education world
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19: How coronavirus is reshaping the education world

India Today  

The unprecedented situation due to Covid-19 has resulted in large scale disruptions in life as we know it. While most education institutions are not equipped to virtually connect with students and conduct on-line classes, given the present situation, many educational institutions have started leveraging meeting platforms and applications having video conferencing facilities to run online classes. The key constraints and …

Coronavirus Outbreak: MCI issues guidelines for final year PG students in view of Covid-19 spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: MCI issues guidelines for final year PG students in view of Covid-19 spread

India Today  

The Medical Council of India has issued a notice which contains advisory for all final year postgraduate medical students across India regarding the health crisis in the nation due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus. They announced that the final year exams of all postgraduate students will be delayed due to the covid-19 lockdown. The notice released by …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Kejriwal to answer students' questions about Covid-19 today at 3 pm
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Kejriwal to answer students' questions about Covid-19 today at 3 pm

India Today  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that he will be giving answers to the questions about COVID-19 to children who are at home during the lockdown period. Since schools and colleges are closed, a lot of educational institutions have started conducting online classes so that students don’t lag behind academically. He also said that five people have died …

HRD Ministry writes to UGC, AICTE, NCTE, NIOS, NCERT and KVS on Covid-19 safety
4 years, 9 months ago

HRD Ministry writes to UGC, AICTE, NCTE, NIOS, NCERT and KVS on Covid-19 safety

India Today  

As the Covid-19 pandemic raging the world has forced schools, colleges and universities across the nation to temporarily close down, The HRD Ministry has written to UGC, AICTE, NCTE, NIOS, NCERT and KVS on Covid-19 safety and how to stay protected during these tough times. The letter from the HRD Ministry to these educational organisations informed that the AarogyaSetu app …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Students share video as college refuses to stop lectures during lockdown, watch!
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Students share video as college refuses to stop lectures during lockdown, watch!

India Today  

With the growing number of cases of Coronavirus in India, it seems like the education sector is in a state of lockdown. Students are forced to attend lecturers despite lockdown due to Coronavirus. In the video we can hear students saying that the College authorities are not agreeing to grant us leave; we are being exposed to lot of infections. …

Coronavirus outbreak: HRD ministry issues new list of guidelines for universities
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: HRD ministry issues new list of guidelines for universities

India Today  

UGC has been issuing coronavirus advisories from time-to-time for universities and their affiliated colleges regarding coronavirus tips to be undertaken in the wake of Novel Coronavirus. The Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, has informed that adequate precautionary measures are to be taken by the institutions to face the situation arising out of COVID-19. All universities and colleges …

COVID-19: UP university to offer new course with coronavirus study
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: UP university to offer new course with coronavirus study

India TV News  

Even as the country is facing a crisis due to novel coronavirus scare, the state-run Chaudhary Charan Singh University here plans to offer study of SARS-CoV2 as part of the one-year diploma in disaster management. The responsibility of chalking out the curriculum for the proposed study of SARS-CoV2 has been entrusted to the heads of zoology, botany and environmental sciences …

Coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF releases checklist for parents and caregivers to check COVID-19 spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF releases checklist for parents and caregivers to check COVID-19 spread

India Today  

With schools getting temporarily closed across the world, Unicef has released a guidebook with some crucial facts and information for students, teachers and parents on how to tackle the Coronavirus or Covid-19 outbreak. Here's the checklist released by UNICEF for parents, caregivers and community members which lists the guidelines they need to follow to reduce the spread of Coronavirus or …

Covid-19 outbreak: Unicef checklist for teachers and schools to decrease Coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 outbreak: Unicef checklist for teachers and schools to decrease Coronavirus spread

India Today  

With schools and colleges across the world shutting down temporarily to help check the spread of Covid-19, Unicef has released a guidebook with gudielines and checklists for students, teachers and parents. We have for you here the Unicef checklists for teachers, school administration and staff to stall Coronavirus spread. Here's the checklist released by UNICEF for teachers, school administration and …

COVID-19: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) advises students to return home
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) advises students to return home

India Today  

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has "strongly advised" its students to return to their homes and "take adequate precautions as per guidelines issued by the Government of India" to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The university has said that hostel services will be limited to only basic mess facility and will be available in a few hostels for foreign nationals and …

Coronavirus | Delhi reports India’s second COVID-19 death
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Delhi reports India’s second COVID-19 death

The Hindu  

With the second death and more than 80 positive cases of COVID-19, India has launched a containment lockdown, according to experts, with several States closing schools, colleges and theatres and cancelling public events. Health officials confirmed that the 68-year old woman, a resident of Delhi, who came in contact with her COVID-19 positive son, died at RML Hospital on March …

Coronavirus outbreak: HNLU, Raipur declares holiday
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: HNLU, Raipur declares holiday

India Today  

Coronavirus or COVID19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Recently, the Hidayatullah National Law University or HNLU, Raipur has also declared a holiday due to the spread of COVID-19. The University has also asked all the students to vacate the campus by 6 pm today, March 12, 2020. "Taking preventive measures regarding the novel coronavirus, the …

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