Various regulations notified by UGC recently to improve standards in Higher Education
The
Government is committed to improve the quality of education and it is a
continuous ongoing process. A number of initiatives are being
undertaken by UGC and AICTE for quality improvement in general and
technical education in higher education sector. Several initiatives are
currently being undertaken in this direction. Initiatives such as:
- Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM)
- National Academic Depository (NAD)
- Global Initiative for Academics Network (GIAN)
- Impacting Research, Innovation & Technology (IMPRINT)
- Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
- Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)
- National Digital Library
- Campus connect programme
are
being implemented to improve the quality of higher education. To
promote objective assessment of performance annually, Government has
also launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for
Higher Educational Institutions.
UGC
has notified various Regulations to improve the standards in Higher
Education such as the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of
Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2016, UGC (Minimum Qualifications for
Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and
Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of standards in Higher
Education 2010) Regulation 2016 (Third Amendment), UGC (Categorisation
of Universities (only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy) Regulations, 2018
and UGC (Conferment of Autonomous status upon Colleges and Measures for
maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2018.
The
Government is in the process of formulating a New Education Policy to
meet the changing dynamics of the student population’s requirement with
regard to provide quality education and aiming to make India a knowledge
hub by equipping its students with the necessary technology skills and
knowledge.
This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a written reply to a Lok Sabha question.
*****
NB/AK/RK/ Overhaul of Higher Education
(Release ID :176990)
No comments:
Post a Comment