Top official meets Mumbai University VC to discuss NCC studies in colleges
Press Trust of India | June 7, 2021 | 11:32 AM IST | 1 min read
Maharashtra top official met Mumbai University Vice-Chancellor Suhas Pednekar to discuss modalities of implementing 'NCC studies' as an optional subject.
MUMBAI: The additional director general of Maharashtra's National Cadet Corps Major General YP Khanduri met Mumbai University Vice Chancellor Suhas Pednekar to discuss modalities of implementing 'NCC studies' as an optional subject facilitating credits to NCC cadets in degree college, officials said on Sunday.
The meeting took place on Saturday and the discussion included exploring the next phase of incorporating 'NCC studies' as a 'general elective' that would help students opting for it better their prospects of joining the armed and paramilitary forces, a release said.
This will enable 66 colleges to adopt NCC as an elective subject, the release added. It said Major General YP Khanduri had earlier met Governor BS Koshyari and Maharashtra youth affairs minister Sunil Kedar in this regard.
Write to us at news@careers360.com
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]‘UGC has taken a retrograde step’: Teachers’ group on blended learning
The teachers have argued that many students across India are still struggling to get proper internet connection making it difficult to implement the blended learning method. Several educational institutions, according to the AIFUCTO, do not have adequate funding to implement the new concept. “A large number of educational institutions and universities are without adequate funding, the document is prepared as if all the 40,000 colleges are in the standard of elite institutions,” the statement sai
Team Careers360 | 1 min readFeatured News
]- Private employees in government schools, Assam vocational teachers want 3rd-party agencies out of their jobs
- India saw 93,000 schools shut down over last 10 years; MP, UP lead closures, govt tells Lok Sabha
- Skill India Mission’s JSS scheme needs higher budget, infrastructure boost: Govt cites study in parliament
- Legal jobs boom with riders – master AI, intern longer, practise 3 years for judicial services
- School Education Budget 2026: Atal Tinkering Labs gain big; small hikes for Samagra Shiksha, mid-day meals
- Education Budget 2026: OBC, ST scholarships get Rs 1,000 crore boost, minority scheme funds slashed
- Budget 2026: Higher education outlay up 11%; Rs 200 crore for PM Research Chairs; PM USHA sees 55% cut in RE
- Health Education Budget 2026: Major boost to allied health sciences, 3 new AIIAs, NIMHANS in north India
- Rice research needs fortification too, say scientists at agriculture universities
- SRCC false caste-bias case: DU college says ‘no such incident’ but video viral amid UGC equity regulations row