Not a single Indian educational institution in global top 20 rankings: HRD
The HRD Ministry today told the Rajya Sabha that no Indian educational institution has made it to the list of global top 20.
There is not a single Indian educational
institution in the top 20 world class ones, according to a reply by the
government in the Rajya Sabha. The reply was prepared on the basis of rankings
by various global agencies.
Minister of State for Human Resource
Ministry, Mahendra Nath Pandey said in his written reply to a Rajya Sabha
question today. The issue of quality of higher education was raised in the
Upper House and questions were asked by the members.
The HRD (MoS) Pandey also spelled out the
steps being taken by the central government to increase the quality of higher
education. Pandey emphasised that technical education was being regulated by
the government to make more effective.
In order to ensure quality education to be
imparted in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved
institutions, it has set norms and standards to regulate the technical
education by way of grant of approval for conducting courses and renewal of the
same, the minister told the Rajya Sabha.
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
In consonance with the provision of the
University Grant Commission(UGC) (Establishment of and Maintenance of Standards
in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003, the UGC has already conducted on
the spot inspection of 159 out of 278 private universities to assess whether
these are fulfilling the minimum criteria in terms of programmes, faculty,
infrastructural facilities, financial viability, etc, as laid down from time to
time by the UGC and other concerned statutory bodies or councils, the
government's written reply reads.
"The recommendations made by visiting
UGC committee are placed before the Commission to take final decision in the
matter. As such, UGC is taking all the necessary steps to ensure quality of
education in Universities," said Pandey.
Pandey also said that loans and bonds are
being made available to institutions of higher education for improving
infrastructure. The Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) has been set up
with an initial capital base of Rs 300 crores to increase investments in the
infrastructure of higher educational institutions, Pandey said.
The HEFA will mobilise debt and bond funds
from the market to finance improvement in infrastructure and research
facilities in the higher educational institutions. The loans would be serviced
through the internal accruals of the institutions, Pandey said.
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