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Higher Education in India: Status, challenges and solutions

GS Paper 2  Syllabus: Government policies and interventions Source: TH  Context: Indian higher education is experiencing heightened politicization, posing a serious threat to academic institutions and intellectual freedom. India boasts one of the world’s largest higher education systems, including prestigious institutions like IITs and IIMs. Despite its vastness, challenges such as quality and relevance persist. …

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[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 02 March 2023

InstaLinks :  help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions ina your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their …

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Insights into Editorial: To begin with, the UGC needs to get the credits right

  Background of Higher Education in India: Education is a process by which a person’s body, mind and character are formed and strengthened. It is bringing of head, heart and mind together and thus enabling a person to develop an all-round personality identifying the best in him or her. Higher education in India has expanded …

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Insights into Editorial: There is no doubt that Indian higher education requires reforms

  Context: Earlier this month, three foreign academic publishers sued two foreign websites for copyright infringement in a case before the Delhi High Court. Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society, among the world’s largest publishers of academic papers, wanted the court to block Sci-Hub and LibGen, the largest providers of ‘free downloads’ of their content …

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Insights into Issues: Regulation in Higher Education

      Insights into Issues: Regulation in Higher Education Archives   Regulation in Higher Education Background Post War Development of Education Report (1944) recommended creation of UGC. It was thus formed in 1945 but was shortlived Post Independence, University Education Commission under Dr S Radhakrishnan recommended creation of UGC. UGC was created in 1953 …

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