Rectores de 57 universidades, entre públicas y privadas, firmaron hoy un acuerdo en el que se comprometen a transparentar los cobros por trámites de titulación y cursos de culminación de estudios, este último quedará eliminado en 10 casas de estudios superiores miembros del CNU.
“Pagué ¢230.000 por un cartón para graduarme de bachiller en Periodismo”, dijo el estudiante de la Universidad Internacional de las Américas (UIA), Sergio Alvarado Pol.
Una acción de inconstitucionalidad, acogida para estudio por la Sala IV el viernes, cuestiona la legalidad del Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (Sinaes).
The State Government seems to have finally woke up to the allegations of malpractice during semester examinations in various private engineering colleges and polytechnic institutes. It has now directed the State Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (SCTE & VT) to look into allegations of malpractice and take appropriate measures.
With the number of medical colleges and seats increasing, there aren't enough cadavers for learning clinical techniques. Government colleges still manage to get cadavers, but private colleges are in a fix as they have to request permission and wait for government approval to get a cadaver.
A Toronto-based Web developer “boot camp” that charged a tuition for an intensive nine-week course in computer programming has shut down its operations while under investigation by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU).
A controversy has surfaced between the Punjab University and University of Health Sciences (UHS) on the issue of migration of the son of Ex-IGP Punjab Haji Habibur Rehman from a private medical college to the government-run Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Lahore.
The vice chancellors also recommended that the private higher education institutions, which are being run under trusts on non-profit basis, should be exempted from the taxes. The committee appreciated the higher education allocations to the sector and termed it a very positive change in the education sector.