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New Delhi: Education continues to command the largest share of India's corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending, reaffirming its status as the country's most preferred social investment sector. With overall CSR expenditure touching nearly ₹34,000 crore in FY 2023-24, education alone attracted around Rs 12,000 crore, almost one-third of the total, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Exploratory Study on CSR in Education. Based on responses from 23 major corporates an ...Read More >
Dharmendra Pradhan described autonomy as the central pillar of the Bill. File photo Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday outlined the government's rationale behind the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, saying the legislation aims to simplify higher education regulation, eliminate overlapping authorities and grant institutions the autonomy needed to meet global standards. Addressing a press briefing, Pradhan said India's higher education system has expanded rapidl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dispelled the opposition's concerns that the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 would undermine institutional autonomy and said the states would retain similar powers as they have presently. Earlier on Tuesday, Pradhan moved a resolution to refer the Bill proposing to set up a 13-member body for regulating higher education institutions to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament. The proposal was appro ...Read More >
New Delhi: Highlighting the need for a "uniform pattern" in regulation, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan defended the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill that was tabled in Parliament on Monday. Regulation, standard setting, and university accreditation, must align with the National Education Policy (NEP), he said. There was opposition to the Bill, after which it was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee amid opposition. Dharmendra addresses a press conference on Wednesday a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Amid criticism that the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, centralises power by vesting final authority with the government, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that sovereign authority under all laws has always rested with the government. His remarks came in response to criticism of Section 15(3)(g) of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, which provides that the proposed higher education commission "sha ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday defended the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, stating that there was a need to establish a "uniform pattern" in regulation, standard-setting, and university accreditation, aligning it with the National Education Policy (NEP). Pradhan introduced the Bill in Parliament on Monday, and it was later referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee amid opposition. Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Mentally Un ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Amid criticism that the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, centralises power by vesting final authority with the government, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that sovereign authority under all laws has always rested with the government. His remarks came in response to criticism of Section 15(3)(g) of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, which provides that the proposed higher education commission "sha ...Read More >
Marking a major shift, the Centre will also ensure that the new regulator is divested of all funding/grant mechanisms, which will instead be handled by the Union education ministry. New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, set to be introduced in the Parliament this week, will do away with existing regulators AICTE and UGC (allowing a transitional role) and instead bring in a new 12-member regulatory council (Viksit Bharat Shiksha Viniyam Parishad). It will be backed by an ac ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Several teachers' organisations and higher education stakeholders have opposed the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, cleared by the Union Cabinet on December 12, alleging that it will fundamentally alter the government's commitment to publicly funded higher education and undermine institutional autonomy. The VBSA Bill seeks to repeal three key legislations -- the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Act, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill which seeks to set up an overarching higher education commission was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday. Here is an explainer on the Bill: 1. What has the Bill proposed? The Bill proposes setting up an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions (HEI) in India. 2. Which institutions will be covered ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government will introduce the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 in the winter session of Parliament to set up a commission to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutions "to become independent self-governing institutions and to promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy." The bill, reviewed by HT, says the Commission will have three wings -- the Regulatory Council, Accreditation Council an ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Nov 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru-based National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) issued a show cause notice to the Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Fatehpur in Haryana on Thursday for falsely claiming and publicising that the colleges run by the University are NAAC accredited. Al-Falah University, a private institution located about 27 km from the Haryana-Delhi border, on Raga Road, District Faridabad, Dhauj, has come under national spotlight over the pa ...Read More >
AP 2025 TET: The TET will consist of Multiple Choice Questions AP TET 2025: The Deparment of School Education, Andhra Pradesh has started the registration process for its Teacher Eligibility Test (AP TET) 2025 today, October 24. Candidates interested to teach students of Classes 1 to 5, Classes 6 to 8 or students with special needs can apply for the test on the official website of the deparment - tet2dsc.apcfss.in. The TET score carries a 20 per cent weightage for those seeking a teaching post ...Read More >
SHILLONG, Oct 25: The Meghalaya SSA Schools' Association (MSSASA) has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of its September 1 judgment that makes the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for all in-service teachers to continue in service. MSSASA president Aristotle Rymbai informed that the association's central body submitted the review petition on Saturday, challenging the apex court's final judgment in the Anjuman Ishaat-E-Taleem Trust vs State of Mahar ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Just three months away from the special Teachers Eligibility Tests (TET), announced by the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) for government teachers, panic grips in-service teachers. Caught deep in a dilemma over writing a special TET announced by the TN government as per the orders of the Supreme Court, the teachers speaking to DT Next placed a slew of questions and urged the School Education department to intervene and clarify concerns before the TRB issues notification. A week ago, ...Read More >
Hubballi: As the Supreme Court mandated the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) for all working govt teachers, state teachers have now approached the Centre, seeking an intervention. They are also preparing to file a review petition in the Supreme Court. Basavaraj Gurikar, president of the All India Primary School Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), said that the mandate is affecting 30 lakh primary teachers in India, including close to 1.2 lakh primary teachers from Karnataka. "The 2009 RTE Act mandated ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 1 (UNI) The Supreme Court today expressed serious doubt over the correctness of its 2014 ruling in Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust, which had exempted minority schools, both aided and unaided, from the purview of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act). A Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih, while pronouncing judgment in a batch of civil appeals relating to teacher eligibility and promotions, observed, ...Read More >
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