The Education Minister for the Union, Dharmendra Pradhan, said on Friday that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been given deemed university status.The official statementOn the 63rd anniversary of NCERTs founding, Pradhan made the announcement in the nations capital.“NCERT has been granted the status of a deemed University today,” he announced.NCERT petitioned the University Grants Commission (UGC) in September of last year with a request for “Deemed University” status.In accordance with UGC regulations, those institutes that specialised in novel and developing fields of knowledge were given presumed university status.VIDEO | “To successfully implement NEP (National Education Policy), we need to focus on teachers capacity. This is why, when NCERT will draw out a curriculum for children, it will also do the same for teachers,” says Union Minister @dpradhanbjp at the foundation day event of… pic.twitter.com/RGwUjno9QB— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 1, 2023 What does this meanWith the “Deemed University” designation, NCERT will be able to grant its own graduation, post-graduate, and doctoral degrees and exercise autonomy in areas such as programme introduction, course design, holding examinations, and management, among others.At its Regional Institute of Education (REI) centers, which are connected to nearby universities, NCERT now offers graduate and postgraduate degrees for training teachers. Currently, REIs can only establish new courses with the agreement of the institutions with which they are associated.
