New Delhi, April 3 -- Marking a structural shift in the role of the country's apex school education body, the Ministry of Education formally declared the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) as a 'deemed-to-be university', allowing the institution to award degrees.
The new status expands NCERT's mandate beyond school curriculum design, enabling the body to launch academic programmes, including doctoral and innovative courses.
On Monday (March 30), Ministry of Education issued a notification declaring NCERT, along with its six constituent units, as an institution deemed to be university under a "distinct category," under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.
"The Ministry of Education, on ...