Re: [MTC Global] UGC proposes programme to boost enrolment in higher education

... increasing intake is welcome but how will the quality of the training and the minds that come out of these efforts be assured?

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Richard Hay <profhay@gmail.com> wrote:

The UGC proposal to start Evening colleges is highly appreciated as this enormous potential, which has not been tapped  so far could be made use of for increasing enrolment , and thereby the underutilized infrastructure and resources could be put to use to serve the academic needs of the younger generation.

I am sure this bold initiative on the part of UGC will result in a quantum jump in the intake of students in various colleges and universities in our country.

Prof Richard Hay

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Madan Thangavelu <madan.thangavelu1@gmail.com> wrote:

"Renovation and Rejuvenation of Universities."

http://www.academics-india.com/Yashpal-committee-report.pdf

Several issues raised and discussed in this report are also important to appreciate these planned developments.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

UGC proposes programme to boost enrolment in higher education

 

New Delhi: Aiming to give a boost to enrolment in higher education, University Grants Commission has proposed a broad-based programme during the 12th Plan Period that will work towards upgradation of autonomous colleges and promoting evening colleges and universities. The 'Rashtriya Uchch Shiksha Abhiyan' programme would also seek enhancement of intake capacity of the existing institutions of higher education.

It would be designed on the lines of the Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan with an aim to increase gross enrolment ratio to 25 per cent which at present is hovering at around 14 per cent, said an UGC plan document. The commission has projected an increase in enrolment by 62.97 lakh during the Plan Period with the setting up of 800 new colleges under central universities, 400 new college cluster universities and a set of other new universities under various categories.

Promotion of evening colleges and universities, the commission feels, would not only help in enhancing enrolment but would also provide opportunities to working class for improving their academic and professional qualifications. This will also help to optimally utilise the enormous infrastructure and facilities which remain unused for an average of 16-18 hours a day, the document said.

The document also emphasises on starting shift system of courses in colleges, effectively supported by separate qualified teachers and evening post-graduate degrees and diploma programmes in university departments.

 

 

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