- Institutions of Eminence declared – Complete autonomy given to them
- University status for IIMs, NITs, IIITs, AIIMS, etc. via Institutions of National Importance route
- Graded autonomy for UGC affiliated institutions – Based on their accreditation score, they can offer online, distance courses and will have autonomy in academics, faculty recruitment, etc.
- Graded autonomy for AICTE affiliated institutions – Based on their accreditation score, they can offer online, distance courses and will have autonomy in academics, faculty recruitment, etc.
- MCA shortened to two years from three years – It’s now mapped to a standard university master’s degree of two years
- Online degrees approved – Degrees like MBA, MCA, PGDM, etc. are being offered online
- Rationalization in engineering colleges – Colleges with majority empty seats are being closed with no approvals for new applications by colleges for next few years
- CGPA system now introduced in almost all universities and colleges
- Merged single regulator & National Education Policy likely to be finalized in next few months
- Executive education programs are getting approvals
- Hybrid courses by institutions of eminence & institutes of national importance are starting like Executive MTechs, Executive MBAs, etc. which can be done with your routine job
- Foreign collaboration with universities & colleges across the world is becoming easier
- Deemed universities with high score in accreditation will not require approvals for open & distance learning courses
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