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Reference Articles: "HECI Bill-Higher Education in Peril"; "Takeover by the Government"; "End of Autonomy"
Abbreviations used:
While such issues have continued to haunt the Higher Education Sector for a long time, yet the recently proposed draft bill - "Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Act 2018" has brought another blow to it.
However, with changing circumstances, amendments in the UGC Act and a need to reform UGC has often been felt.
Certain issues in the organisational structure of UGC highlighted by experts:
Some Notable Recommendations by Yashpal Committee:
The proposed bill has the potential to affect as many as 800 universities and 40,000 colleges—and the future of tens of millions of students who are enrolled in these institutions across the country. Some prominent debates surrounding this bill are as follows:
If the HECI Bill is passed it will allow the Central government to centralise, consolidate and monopolise control over the academic life of the country and over the institutions that it can exercise its regulatory powers. On the one hand, the Central government’s role in the composition and the day-to-day functioning of the HECI is complete, and on the other, the HECI will have the punitive powers not only to “discipline” defiant institutions but also to initiate criminal proceedings against those that fail to conform. It is not difficult to imagine the fate of the universities across the country whose academicians, both students and faculty, are courageously resisting the present government’s “illegitimate” diktats and interference, if the law itself were to be changed into one that allowed and promoted such interference.
The summary contains background to UGC and its manate
History of various education commissions and their notable suggestions
It highlights the needs of HEIs in contemporary times
etc
Q. Consider the following commissions/committees for reform in higher education in India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of these developments.
a. 5-4-2-3-1
b. 4-5-2-3-1
c. 5-4-3-2-1
d. 4-5-3-2-1
Q. Which of the following is not desirable for better Higher Education Sector in context of Indian Society?
1. More Priavate Instituions
2. Decline in Government Support to HEIs to make them autonomous
3. Giving Representation to states in UGC
4. Lesser Government Institutions which will be in sync with Minimum Government Maximum Governance
Select the correct codes:
a. 2 &3 only
b. 1,2&4 only
c. 1 &3 onbly
d. 2&4 only
Mains Question
Q. Discuss the Problems faced by Higher Education sector in India. (10 Marks)
Q. Since the enactment of UGC Act 1956 a lot has been changed in the field of Higher Education in India and the world. To what extent has UGC been able to adapt to these changes. Suggest some measures that will allow Higher Education in India to adapt to these changes. (15 Marks)
Q. Various attempts have been made to make Higher Education Sector in India more robust and adaptable to the emerging changes in the field of eduation. In the light of this statement critically discuss the aim and objectives of HECI bill proposed recently. (15 Marks)
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