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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: UGC, AICTE warn edtech startups, institutes; Walmart has metaverse plans; Sony enters Tamil cinema with Kamal Haasan
Description: Ed-tech startups, institutes warned against outsourcing arrangementÂ
The Universities Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education, have warned higher education institutes in the country that outsourcing of various programmes to ed-tech startups is not permitted, and said that action could be taken against them.
The Regulations governing higher education institutes in India mandate that they shall not offer open and distance learning and/or online programmes under any franchise arrangement and the institutes themselves are completely responsible for the programmes, according to a notice by the UGC.
However, some ed-tech c...