Draft bill trims governing bodies at univs
Public universities of the state have vested more powers in their vice-chancellors.For, university bodies, the organs that carry forward its workings, will now have more members nominated by vice-chancellors than those that walk in through a democratic election process.
The newly drafted Maharashtra Public Universities' Act, 2015, was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday . The rules that govern the workings of the varsities show that while the affiliation system is expanding, the draft bill aims to trim the governing bodies of the universities. Senate membership has been chopped by about 40% and the Board of College and University Development, a body that is a link between the hundreds of colleges and the university has been scrapped. For instance, at Pune University , the senate member count is down from 105 to 68.
On the other hand, a quick glance through the 129-page draft bill shows that student representation on varsity bodies is up. Whether in the management council or in the senate, the biggest stakeholders of the large education system will have a greater say . Four students will be elected from colleges through a democratic election procedure and there will be indirect elections for those representatives from the university. On the board of studies too, the highest scorer of the previous examination will be invited to be a part of the body that draws up the academic content.
In case of governance, pro vice-chancellors have been termed to be essential to act as sup have been termed to be essential to act as support systems for the vice-chancellors. Deans, who used to earlier be professors or principals of various colleges, will now be full-time officers of universities. Each university will have four deans and if needed, they can appoint additional associate deans, but their salaries will have to be borne from the universities' revenue.
Source | Times of India | 23 December 2015
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