Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of educational blocks that are backward – 679 out of 954, about 71%.
Skill University: Connected to industry from the start, skills universities emphasise courses in high demand and on-the-job training.
Despite the push for multidisciplinary institutions, nearly 50 special-focus ones have come up addressing design, space tech, biotech, forensics.
Liberal Arts Programme: Allowing choice and variety, liberal arts education is letting students explore, grow more creative, become more employable.
Gujarat paved the way for 11 new private universities in the state this year. Activists, fearing rising costs, seek better regulation.
Study Abroad: Declining value of the rupee, price rise have put Indian students abroad in a very difficult position.
In line with NEP 2020, the university of the liberal arts is now planning to offer a degree in philosophy and computer science with IIT Delhi.
Delhi Teachers University will offer new-age integrated teacher education programmes after Class 12, begin its academic activities from 2022-23.
KVPY Exam: Scrapping of the KVPY has generated fresh debate on the funding of science education, research which face both staff and infrastructure shortage.