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The University Grants Commission (UGC: Higher Education Regulatory Body of India) has recently decided to ask all universities to move to a choice-based credit system. This is a welcome move and is good for the long-term educational reforms that are due for a long time. There are, however, several issues...Read More

I am sure that if you are in the field of higher education you would have come across terms such as experiential learning, holistic education, choice-based system, student-centric education, and transformational education. These have, to a large extent become the buzz words in the field of education, not only in...Read More

The National Education Policy is being finalized and inputs are invited from the citizens till 30th June. Education is perhaps the most important social issue. We have compiled a summary to provide some highlights from the draft policy. The highlights are available here.Read More

If you are in the field of education you would be very familiar with the term academic freedom. It was designed to give teachers the freedom to differ in their ideology, in their thought process and to challenge the existing wisdom without fear of persecution by administrators and repercussions on...Read More

The latest diplomatic outreach was not the first time, when heads of a regional organisation were invited to an occasion of national importance.Read More