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What are the highlights of the recent UGC guidelines for PhD? What are the concerns associated with the change?

  The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued new PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree guidelines, which include a number of changes to the eligibility criteria, admission procedure, and evaluation methods that govern doctoral programmes in colleges and universities. Key highlights: ..

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What are the shortcomings of higher education in India? Suggest some solutions.

Only 15 higher education institutions from India are in the top 1,000, despite the country having the biggest number of universities in the world—more than 900 in total. Current status of higher education in India: With 580 million individuals between ..

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With reference to the recent release of MBBS textbooks in Hindi, what are the advantages and challenges in switching the medium of instruction in such courses?

Recently, the Madhya Pradesh government has released textbooks in Hindi for MBBS students, as part of the government’s ambition to provide medical and technical education in vernacular languages. The initiative was characterized as a “renaissance and reconstruction” of India’s education ..

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Critically examine Andhra Pradesh’s initiative to use facial recognition technology for curbing absenteeism in schools as a measure to improve quality of education.

Andhra Pradesh has introduced a face recognition system for teacher’s attendance in schools. Attendance will be recorded twice a day and will be sent to higher officials along with the location of the teachers. The policy has been aimed at ..

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India’s march on the path of development will remain incomplete until it reaps its demographic dividend with skills and education. In this context, discuss the significance of the RISE and EQUIP schemes.

India is a country with a large number of working population. Its demography is expected to peak in 2050. India also has largest number of youths in the world, that can act as a demographic dividend. Skill and education are ..

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Increasing the scope of skilling is imperative for changing economic and demographic structure in India. Assess the success of skill India mission till now.

Skilling is instrumental in converting the mere population of a country into a human resource. Importance of the skilling: Changing economic structure – World is moving towards more sophisticated technologies, the skilling gap is increasing. Provide employment to the unemployed ..

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