Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status.

Pradhan made the announcement during his address on the 63rd foundation day of the NCERT.

“NCERT has established a formidable presence in research, and actively shaped school education, teacher training, and adult literacy. NCERT on becoming a research university will offer opportunities for global collaborations and contributions to the global educational landscape,” Pradhan said.

“The deemed-to-be university status is on the lines of the Indian Institute of Science,” he further said.

The NCERT has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status in the ‘De Novo’ category. A De-Novo deemed university is an institution that can apply to the UGC for setting up a new institution as deemed-to-be-university, which will undertake study and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge that are not offered by any existing institution.