University Grants Commission
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued directives to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to conduct admissions in the deemed universities on the basis of an entrance exam while the admission fees should be regulated according to the proposal setup by the fee fixation panels.
Last year, the UGC had set up a committee under Pondicherry University Vice Chancellor Prof. J.A.K. Tareen to examine the admission process and fee structure in the institutes which were under UGC's lens to acquire the deemed status.
The changes recommended by the committee has been accepted by both UGC and HRD Ministry's review committee, comprising of four members, set up under the reign of HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal to study the functioning of all 127 deemed universities in the country.
"Admissions and high fees are two major accusations against the deemed universities. At least for medical and engineering programmes, the UGC committee is in favor of conducting an all-India based entrance exam for admissions while the deemed universities can conduct their entrance exams individually. The basic idea is to increase the transparency in the admission process," said an official.
However, adding on to his comment he also cited that, "It has been recommended that the fees should be pre-determined either by a national- or a state-level fee fixation committee."
Improvisation in the admission procedures too falls in the recommendation of Ministry's review committee report that has although finished its work but its details are yet to be public. It has also advocated to taper the difference of fees in government-aided institutes and deemed universities.
The HRD committee, while pointing out the shortcomings of the deemed universities, commented that around 127 of them are not par with their quality of education and faculty and needs upgradation in a big way in order to hold on to their deemed status.
Unlike the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and Prof. Yashpal Committee's advisory on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education to scrap the 'deemed to be university' system altogether, the HRD committee has advised to focus "less on business and more on academics."
Apart from the Tareen committee, the UGC, which is also conducting the inspection on the deemed universities, has been less critical of the situation.
Submitting its report to the ministry for 70-odd universities, it has found it lacking on the compliance issues.
Source;http://www.indiaedunews.net/Universities/UGC_announces_common_entrance_test_for_deemed_varsities_9415/
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued directives to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to conduct admissions in the deemed universities on the basis of an entrance exam while the admission fees should be regulated according to the proposal setup by the fee fixation panels.
Last year, the UGC had set up a committee under Pondicherry University Vice Chancellor Prof. J.A.K. Tareen to examine the admission process and fee structure in the institutes which were under UGC's lens to acquire the deemed status.
The changes recommended by the committee has been accepted by both UGC and HRD Ministry's review committee, comprising of four members, set up under the reign of HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal to study the functioning of all 127 deemed universities in the country.
"Admissions and high fees are two major accusations against the deemed universities. At least for medical and engineering programmes, the UGC committee is in favor of conducting an all-India based entrance exam for admissions while the deemed universities can conduct their entrance exams individually. The basic idea is to increase the transparency in the admission process," said an official.
However, adding on to his comment he also cited that, "It has been recommended that the fees should be pre-determined either by a national- or a state-level fee fixation committee."
Improvisation in the admission procedures too falls in the recommendation of Ministry's review committee report that has although finished its work but its details are yet to be public. It has also advocated to taper the difference of fees in government-aided institutes and deemed universities.
The HRD committee, while pointing out the shortcomings of the deemed universities, commented that around 127 of them are not par with their quality of education and faculty and needs upgradation in a big way in order to hold on to their deemed status.
Unlike the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and Prof. Yashpal Committee's advisory on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education to scrap the 'deemed to be university' system altogether, the HRD committee has advised to focus "less on business and more on academics."
Apart from the Tareen committee, the UGC, which is also conducting the inspection on the deemed universities, has been less critical of the situation.
Submitting its report to the ministry for 70-odd universities, it has found it lacking on the compliance issues.
Source;http://www.indiaedunews.net/Universities/UGC_announces_common_entrance_test_for_deemed_varsities_9415/
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