Mar 10 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)
Pondicherry univ to undergo quality check by UGC
Manash Gohain
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New Delhi:
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The government suspects some of the country's most prestigious universities of underperformance and has asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to audit them for academic and research quality .Eleven central universities, including Aligarh Muslim University , Allahabad University , Pondicherry University and Central University of Jammu, are to undergo an academic and research audit because the Union human resource development ministry suspects they are “nonperforming“ institutions.
According to a senior HRD official, the ministry has identified a number of “non-performing“ centrally-funded institutions; of these, 11 will undergo the audit.
“The list has been forwarded and UGC has been asked to conduct the audit as soon as possible. No specific time frame has been set. The UGC will first set the criteria for the audit and then the process will commence. The broad mandate of the audit is to assess academic quality , research activities and research output,“ said the official.
Apart from AMU, Pondicherry University , CUJ and Allahabad University , the other seven varsities are Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University , Central University of Jharkhand, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University at Lucknow, Cen tral University of Rajasthan, Dr Hari Singh Gour University at Sagar, Tripura University and Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya.
A three-member team has been constituted to monitor the audit. According to UGC sources, the audit will include research output, quality of research, students' results, and even placement records wherever applicable. The team is also working on other criteria and is likely to intimate the ministry about them.
“There is an urgent need to look at the universities and their performance. Academic and research quality at the universities reflect the quality of education in the country .There will be various other factors, such as frequency of review of courses, new courses, and how relevant current campus research is, which will be taken into account,“ said a senior UGC official.“The idea is to find out if the return on investment is being justified and whether students are getting the kind of education for which they come to these universities,“ the official added.
HRD ministry sources said there are more “non-performing universities“ and that this audit could be extended once they were identified. “The audit is likely to start by the end of March, or in April 2017. and will depend on how much time will be needed once the process starts,“ said the UGC official.
According to a senior HRD official, the ministry has identified a number of “non-performing“ centrally-funded institutions; of these, 11 will undergo the audit.
“The list has been forwarded and UGC has been asked to conduct the audit as soon as possible. No specific time frame has been set. The UGC will first set the criteria for the audit and then the process will commence. The broad mandate of the audit is to assess academic quality , research activities and research output,“ said the official.
Apart from AMU, Pondicherry University , CUJ and Allahabad University , the other seven varsities are Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University , Central University of Jharkhand, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University at Lucknow, Cen tral University of Rajasthan, Dr Hari Singh Gour University at Sagar, Tripura University and Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya.
A three-member team has been constituted to monitor the audit. According to UGC sources, the audit will include research output, quality of research, students' results, and even placement records wherever applicable. The team is also working on other criteria and is likely to intimate the ministry about them.
“There is an urgent need to look at the universities and their performance. Academic and research quality at the universities reflect the quality of education in the country .There will be various other factors, such as frequency of review of courses, new courses, and how relevant current campus research is, which will be taken into account,“ said a senior UGC official.“The idea is to find out if the return on investment is being justified and whether students are getting the kind of education for which they come to these universities,“ the official added.
HRD ministry sources said there are more “non-performing universities“ and that this audit could be extended once they were identified. “The audit is likely to start by the end of March, or in April 2017. and will depend on how much time will be needed once the process starts,“ said the UGC official.
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