NCERT to receive Deemed-to-be-University status

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September 13, 2022

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is set to get the ‘Deemed-to-be-University’ status with the executive committee of the council granting an approval on Monday, according to a top official.

NCERT was established in 1961 under the Society Act by the Government of India to assist and advise the Government in the matter of school education.The council has been attempting to get the status of Institute of National Importance (INI).

As per the official, “NCERT will get the deemed-to-be-university status in De Novo category. The proposal has been approved.” The Council’s Executive Committee’s meeting was chaired by Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the meeting held yesterday.

De-Novo Deemed University is an institution which can apply to the UGC for setting up a new institution as deemed to be University which will undertake study and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge.

The NCERT undertakes various activities and programmes, which include educational research and innovation, curriculum development, development of textual and teaching-learning materials, among others.

Currently, the graduate and postgraduate programmes offered by NCERT’s Regional Institute of Education (REI) are affiliated with local universities like Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M D S University, Ajmer, University of Mysuru, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar and North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.

As per the official statement, “The status of Deemed to be University will strengthen the efforts of NCERT to promote educational research and innovation and collaborate with national and international agencies. It will further reinforce its role as a think tank and as a national resource institution engaged in providing technical support to the Government of India and various State Governments in the fields of school education, vocational education, teacher education and educational technology.”

A committee formed by the HRD ministry under Professor Govardhan Mehta in 2010 had recommended that the NCERT be given the INI status in recognition of its contribution to the field of education and also the critical area of work it is engaged in.

DU to use AWS Cloud to enable adoption of Samarth eGov in HEIs

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September 13, 2022

University of Delhi (DU) is using AWS Cloud to enable the adoption of Samarth eGov — an open source automation e-governance platform across India’s universities and higher education institutions (HEIs). It aims to digitise 500 HEIs by next year.

The next phase of Samarth eGov’s adoption is expected to reach more than 500 HEIs by 2023. Samarth eGov has already been adopted by more than 200 universities and HEIs in India, including more than 40 central and state universities, and more than 100 colleges.

Samarth eGov is developed as an open-source, highly flexible, interconnected, secure, and scalable platform, delivered on a software-as-a-service model with a cloud-first approach on AWS, said Professor Sanjeev Singh, Joint Director, University of Delhi South Campus.

“It can address the diverse and evolving demands of universities and higher education institutions across India, irrespective of the state they belong to or the language they choose to interface with,” Singh further added.

Samarth eGov leverages AWS services to process more than 7.6 million student admission applications, handle more than 600,000 faculty and staff recruitment applications, and manage more than 7.5 million student records nationwide.

The suite provides universities and HEIs with an automation engine to migrate from paper-based and traditional third-party enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to a more reliable, secure, and scalable platform that standardises and automates digital processes and workflows.

Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, Public Sector AISPL, AWS India and South Asia said, “We congratulate the University of Delhi for embarking on and implementing Samarth eGov, a pioneering initiative in India’s higher education sector, and addressing common challenges faced by education institutions.”

With Samarth eGov, students could easily access basic information on courses, selection criteria, registration, admission, and fee payments online. The Cloud company said, “Education institutions can also enhance student outcomes by automating processes like managing teaching schedules and freeing up educators’ time to focus on teaching activities, such as providing personalised lessons based on students’ performance.”

Tanishka Kabra secures AIR 16, becomes All India Girl Topper

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September 12, 2022

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Advanced) 2022 result was declared on Sunday, September 11. Tanishka Kabra who has secured AIR 16 and topped in the all-India female category, secured 277 marks out of 360 marks and became the IIT Delhi Zone Topper as well.

As many as 35,124 female candidates registered for the JEE Advanced 2022. Of which 33,608 candidates took the exam and 6,516 candidates qualified in JEE Advanced 2022.

Tanishka aspires to pursue an undergraduate (UG) programme in computer science from IIT. She said, “Listen to what other people say, but choose the preparation strategy that works the best for you”.

“I believe in small wins, “I feel small milestones keep me motivated and help me stay the course in the long run. But a lot of students don’t have short-term goals. They focus only on JEE Main and Advanced. I think it is not advisable”, Sharing the success strategy, Ms Kabra said.

Tanishka has done his preparations for JEE examinations from Aakash BYJU’S.For the JEE 2023 aspirants, Taniska’s suggestion is to do preparations by appearing in national level exams which give students a chance to compete with students from across the country and give them an all-India ranking.

She further added”Exams can also give one an idea of where he or she stands in studies. Students also get the much-needed exposure to Multiple Choice Questions, the evaluation method preferred by many competitive exams around the world”.

The IIT Bombay has also released the list of JEE Advanced female toppers zone-wise and according to the reports, the second and third female toppers are- Palli Jalajakshi from IIT Madras with AIR 24 and Jaladhi Joshi from IIT Bombay with AIR 32 respectively.

JEE Advanced 2022 result announced; Cut-Off Marks dropped for all categories

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September 12, 2022

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2022 result and cut-off marks on Sunday, September 11 by Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Bombay. The JEE Advanced cut-off has dropped this year in comparison to the previous year’s cut-off for all the categories.

As per the cut-off marks of JEE Advanced 2022, the candidates who have secured 55 marks in aggregate have qualified the exam. While last year, the aggregate score to qualify the JEE Advanced examination was 63 marks.

The difficulty level of the JEE Advanced question paper has gone up significantly which results in a dip in cut-off marks,according to the reports. About 35 per cent drop in the JEE Advanced 2022 cut-off marks has been noticed as compared to the cut-off marks in 2015. The minimum percentage marks to get shortlisted in the JEE Advanced 2022 rank list has also dropped in comparison to last year’s percentage marks.

In JEE Advanced 2021, the aggregate percentage marks required to qualify the exam for Common rank list (CRL) was 17.50 per cent while this year it has dropped to 15.28 per cent.

JEE Advanced Result 2022 Cut-Off Marks (Category-Wise): 2022 Vs 2021

Rank List	Minimum Marks In Each Subject (2022)	Minimum Aggregate Marks (2022)	Minimum Marks In Each Subject (2021)	Minimum Aggregate Marks (2021)
Common Rank List (CRL)	5	55	6	63
OBC-NCL	5	50	5	56
GEN-EWS	5	50	5	56
SC, ST	3	28	3	31
Common-PwD (CRL-PwD)	3	28	3	31
OBC-NCL-PwD	3	28	3	31
GEN-EWS-PwD	3	28	3	31
SC-PwD	3	28	3	31
ST-PwD	3	28	3	31
Preparatory course (PC)	1	14	0	9

UGC: Distance and online learning degrees to be on par with those obtained conventionally

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September 9, 2022

University Grants Commission (UGC) stated that distance, online learning degrees from recognised institutions to be treated on par with degrees obtained through conventional mode on Friday, September 9, 2022.

UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain said, “Degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in conformity with UGC notification on Specification of Degrees, 2014 and, post graduate diplomas awarded through Open and Distance learning or Online mode by Higher Educational Institutions, shall be treated as equivalent to the corresponding degrees and post graduate diploma offered through conventional mode”.

Also Read | UGC issues guidelines on multidisciplinary education: IITs to teach medicine

The decision has been taken as per Regulation 22 of the UGC (Open and Distance learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations.This is the second big announcement coming in from the UGC. Earlier, UGC Chairman had announced that no formal decision has been taken on the merger of medical entrance exam NEET and engineering entrance test JEE with CUET UG for at least next two years.

Tanishka Yadav tops NEET 2022, girl power at AIR 1

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September 9, 2022

Tanishka Yadav topped the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate (UG) 2022 examination and secured 715 marks out of 720. The result was declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) late on Wednesday.According to NTA, 18, 72, 343 aspirants had registered for this prestigious medical exam to get admission to MBBS and BDS courses at undergraduate level.

Sharing her success mantra, Tanishka said she had moved to Kota in Rajasthan after completing her class 10 from Yaduvanshi Shiksha Niketan, Narnaul.

She further added, “I got admission there in a private success, besides attending coaching classes at an institute. I used to focus on self study six to seven hours after the coaching classes. My grandparents are my role models and they motivated me to achieve this fate. My parents and other family members never mount pressure on me to crack the exam. They have always motivated me to focus just on studies. I hail from a rural background and I can say that the students from rural areas have immense potential, they require only good direction and atmosphere”.

The NEET topper had bagged 96.4% marks in class 10 and 98.6% marks in class 12.Tanishka’s father Krishan Kumar dedicated his daughter’s success to her teachers, friends and other family members, who firmly motivated her.

“ She had great talent and her teachers used to tell us that she will rock one day. He never lose temper and always maintained self discipline. I hope my daughter’s success will motivate other girls also,” he said with a happy heart.

Haryana’s Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala congratulated the NEET topper for her success.

Digital University will lead to exponential growth: Jagadesh Kumar

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September 9, 2022

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently tied up with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) with the objective that students from the remotest areas can have access to online education facilities.

The information has been declared by Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, who was chief guest at the roundtable – ‘Enhancing Competitiveness and Quality Revolution in Indian Higher Education (IHE).

UGC chairperson said, “We are working on a multi-dimensional way to make sure that education reaches the last student in the most remote area. So, we have signed up with MeitY as they have a large number of common service centres (CSCs). Any student can walk into those centres, pay a nominal monthly fee and access digital universities”.

“The introduction of Common Universities Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2022 has been well received by the students and the stakeholders. A huge number of students, around 14.9 lakhs registered for this examination, which is only next to NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test),” he said. He also gave insights into the various initiatives undertaken by the Government of India to expand and enhance higher education in the country.

“That’s an idea that we are floating so that there is wider discussion among the stakeholders. There is no formal decision that we have taken on this”, he added, speaking on the possible merger between NEET and JEE.

With respect to bringing international students into Indian educational institutions, he said, “Recently we have raised the upper cap to 25 per cent, earlier it was 15 per cent. And in the same guidelines, we also said that as far as the admission of these students are concerned, each individual university can have their own admission policy and in terms of fixing their own tuition fee. We hope that with this flexibility given to our education institutions we will be able to attract a lot of international students.”

He informed us that the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) is going to be enhanced soon. He further added, “It is going to be a comprehensive document. It will become the foundation of all kinds of education with the integration of three pillars – school education, skill education and national higher education,”.

“There are around 126 deemed universities in India and we are already working on the deemed-to-be universities’ regulations. Removing the tag ‘deemed-to-be’ requires an amendment at the UGC part, but it will surely happen,” he concluded.

Students’ confidence marginally higher in metro cities than non-metro cities: Survey

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September 8, 2022

India stands at a confidence level of 75 on a scale of 100 and 36 per cent of students have indicated top-bracket confidence levels (81-100), according to a survey conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and EdTech company LEAD.

TISS and LEAD today released India’s first Student Confidence Index, on International Literacy Day 2022.

The confidence index is much higher among students in metropolitan cities. The number of students studying in CBSE/ICSE schools is marginally higher than that of state board students. However, in Delhi, the confidence index is marginally higher for state board students, i.e. 83 per cent in comparison to 80 per cent of ICSE/CBSE boards, according to this survey.

In this study, the researchers surveyed 2,807 students across six metros and six non-metros of India, in which they covered students from classes 6 to 10 in the presence of their parents.The results have been divided into four categories: aspirant, leader, all-rounder and influencer. At an all-India level, one in every two respondent students is in the all-rounder segment, with a little over one-third of students finding space in the influencer segment. Interestingly, the trend is similar and metro and non-metro cities, although the size of the influencer segment in metros (44 per cent) is significantly higher when compared to non-metro students (28 per cent).

It was also observed that the confidence index of students in classes 9 and 10 (75 per cent) is only slightly higher when compared to students in classes 6-8 (74 per cent). In non-metro cities, Surat has topped the confidence index at 83 per cent, followed by Guntur at 75, Guwahati at 71, Aligarh at 69, Coimbatore at 68, and Ambala at 62.

The five factors that contribute to confidence-building in students are conceptual understanding, communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and exposure to opportunities. The gap between Hyderabad’s and Ambala’s respective confidence index shows that students in metros have a clear advantage over their peers in non-metros.

India signs MoU with UAE on cooperation in the education field

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September 8, 2022

The Union Cabinet approved an MoU signed between Ministries of Education in India and UAE on cooperation in the field of education on Wednesday. The objective of the MoU is to further strengthen our educational collaboration between India and UAE and widen the scope of engagements.

The MoU aims to promote the exchange of information education, capacity development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teaching staff, and facilitation of academic collaboration between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in both countries for offering twinning, joint degree, and dual degree programmes and any such other areas agreed upon.

According to an official statement, “An MoU was signed in 2015 with UAE in the field of Education which expired in 2018. In 2019, at a meeting between Education Ministers of the two countries, UAE side proposed to sign a new MoU. The new MoU incorporates changes brought in by the new National Education Policy 2020 in India’s education ecosystem”.

This MoU will rejuvenate educational cooperation and increase academic mobility between India and UAE. Besides facilitating the exchange of information in order to promote mutual recognition of these qualifications, it will also cover cooperation in TVET as UAE is a major work destination for Indians, said the official statement.

“The agreement will be valid for a period of five years from the date of signing and will be automatically renewable with the consent of both parties. Once signed, this MoU shall supersede the earlier MoU signed with UAE in 2015, which will then cease to have the effect,” it further added.

No plans to merge JEE Main, NEET UG with CUET for at least two years

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September 8, 2022

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

There is no immediate plan to merge JEE and NEET entrances with the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for at least in the next two years, said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Pradhan acknowledged that the government is aware that an idea to merge the tests has been floated. But no consensus has been reached on whether it would be a practical move, he further said.

Pradhan made the remarks while responding to questions during a session with students of a private coaching institute in the city on Tuesday in Kota, Rajasthan.

“There is a school of thought on merging CUET, JEE and NEET but the government has not taken any decision on this so students need not be worried about it. There is no proposal to merge as on date and there will not be any merger even next year. We will not do anything without any prior notice. One idea has been floated but it will take time to arrive at a concrete decision. We will not impose any combined test on students who are in class XII and class XI who will appear in the entrances over the next two years,” Union Education Minister said.

Prof M Jagadesh Kumar, Chairperson, University Grants Commission floated the idea of merging the entrance tests in August. Prof Kumar had said a committee will examine the feasibility of the proposal.

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