UGC Members lashes out at commercialization of Education

‘Permit arts and Science colleges to start technology courses’

Coimbatore: Educationists from the ‘Colleges with Potential for Excellence’ (CPE) should raise their voice against commercialization of education, the Bill for setting up of private universities and the entry of foreign universities into the country, K.Ramamurthy naidu, member of the University Grants Commission (UGC), said here on Thursday.

Addressing a two –day workshop of college principals and representatives on the theme “Review and Progression of CPE Colleges”, at the PSG College of Arts and Science, he said that the aim of the UGC was provide quality higher education through the implementation of its 80 schemes. The participants were from the 47 colleges all over India that had been given CPE status under Phase I of the scheme of the UGC under Tenth Plan in September 2004.

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UGC Members lashes out at commercialization of Education