Overview
- Ministry sources told ANI that groundwork is complete and the UGC will take up the proposal in its next meeting, with an update expected by late January.
- No formal decision conferring the status has been announced so far.
- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan first outlined the plan in 2023 to reposition NCERT as a research-focused institution.
- Deemed-to-be-university status carries full academic autonomy, including control over courses, admissions and fees, and the ability to grant graduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees.
- NCERT would remain within the Education Ministry framework, with primary funding expected from the Department of School Education and Literacy, according to sources.