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title: "UGC, AICTE, and NCTE to be merged in year 2021"
meta_description: "UGC, AICTE, and NCTE are going to be merged next year i.e. in 2021 as reportedly said by the secretary of Higher Education of India."
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published_at: "2020-12-12T07:43:28+00:00"
updated_at: "2020-12-12T07:43:33+00:00"
author: "Sanjay Kumar Monu"
categories: ["Career"]
tags: ["AICTE", "India", "National Education Policy 2020", "NCTE", "UGC"]
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# UGC, AICTE, and NCTE to be merged in year 2021

In July this year, the country has got a new education policy called [National Education Policy 2020](https://satyawaadi.com/national-education-policy-2020/) to change the Education System of India from School to College Level.

Under the National Education Policy 2020, it is said, the government will soon form a single umbrella body called **Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)** to control the Higher Education (except Medical and Legal Education) framework in the country.

While earlier we have no date of when this new Umbrella body is going to be formed in the country, now in a recent virtual conference organised by FICCI, the secretary of Higher Education, Mr. Amit Khare has [reportedly](https://indianexpress.com/article/education/common-entrance-exam-for-all-varsities-higher-education-commission-by-2021-secy-7101765/) said, *the common admission test for entrance to all the central universities is coming in 2021*. Also, the **Academic Bank of Credit** through which credits will be transferred from one university to another is also coming in 2021.

## National Research Fund

The secretary also talked about the **National Research Fund** in which all universities, it does matter whether they are private, state or central controlled, they should have competitive funding. He said, the National Research Fund will be more or less like the existing *[National Science Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation)* in the USA. He also said, **Social Science** will also be a part of this National Research Fund.

## HECI to come in India next year

He also said, in the next academic session, India will have the Higher Education Commission, a single umbrella body to control the higher education activities in India (except the legal and medical education activities).

The Introduction of HECI means the merger of UGC, AICTE and NCTE.