UGC to review amendments
The University Grants commission’s expert committee intends to revisit existing amendments about upgradation of colleges to universities and the affiliation system in India.
The issues will be reviewed in the vision document being drafted for the Eleventh Five Year plan, UGC Secretary Tilak R. Kem said here recently. He was in Chennai to launch ‘Universal Education’, a monthly magazine on higher education.
Mr.Kem said that good colleges that offered quality education should get the chance to develop as universities. However, such colleges must not exploit education for commercial or political gain, he cautioned.
The UGC Secretary urged colleges to equip their students with ‘employable’ skills to suit the global market. Madras University Vice-Chancellor S.Ramachandran said only about nine percent of young people in India were enrolled in higher education programmes. Even Malaysia, Indonesia and China had higher percentages, he said.
UGC to review amendments
The issues will be reviewed in the vision document being drafted for the Eleventh Five Year plan, UGC Secretary Tilak R. Kem said here recently. He was in Chennai to launch ‘Universal Education’, a monthly magazine on higher education.
Mr.Kem said that good colleges that offered quality education should get the chance to develop as universities. However, such colleges must not exploit education for commercial or political gain, he cautioned.
The UGC Secretary urged colleges to equip their students with ‘employable’ skills to suit the global market. Madras University Vice-Chancellor S.Ramachandran said only about nine percent of young people in India were enrolled in higher education programmes. Even Malaysia, Indonesia and China had higher percentages, he said.
UGC to review amendments
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
