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“Under this scheme, the youth getting the first job in the private sector will get Rs 15,000 and the companies (employing them) will get incentive amounts," Prime Minister Modi said while addressing the nation today.
The institute will be mentored by IIM Ahmedabad, and efforts are being made to begin classes from this year at a temporary campus to be provided by the state government, Assam CM said.
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Addressing the convocation of IISER-Berhampur, union education minister Pradhan said the total enrollment of students reached 4.46 crore in 2022-23, a 30 per cent increase since 2014-15.
“Educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs and regulatory bodies in the higher education sector such as the AICTE, NBA, others will also play a significant role in the MERITE scheme implementation,” the official statement reads.
The government will set up Vedanta University in Muzaffarnagar, KD University in Mathura, and Bodhisattva University in Barabanki under the Uttar Pradesh Private Universities Act, 2019.
The Chief Minister had sent a letter to the Governor seeking the posting of permanent VCs to the two universities in consultation with the government in the light of the latest SC verdict, the sources said.
"The TARA App Portal aims to enable data-driven decision-making in education governance by providing a robust platform for assessing and improving reading fluency among students in Grades 3–8.
"Education is the medium that makes a person self-reliant and a nation strong. Our aim is to ensure such an education system in which students can move forward according to their interest, ability and dreams," PM Modi said.
Minister Bains also alleged that the deeper agenda of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is to undermine state’s rights by confining regional languages to optional subjects.
