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No full textStudy experiments like demonetisation
No full textPUNE: Lamenting the fact that India lags behind in the field of research, Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar said that educational institutions must ensure and take efforts for doing relevant research studies in the country.
He was speaking at the Kale Memorial Lecture on the 24th convocation ceremony of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics on Monday.
Javadekar spoke about the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) whom he had once suggested to conduct a research study on demonetisation, but the institution failed to do so.
He said, “It was interesting to observe how citizens have accepted and reacted to demonetisation. Therefore, I had once suggested to IIM to conduct a research study on how people perceived this move and adjusted to it."
“The institute said it would take three months to design a model structure of this research study. By the time the institution would prepare for the research, the phase of demonetisation would have nullified,” said Javadekar.
“Our country has much potential in its diversity that can be considered for research work,” said Javadekar.
He said that though an acclaimed movie Toilet - Ek Prem Katha has been released, there is no research on the topic at educational institutions.
Emphasisng that institutions should have relevant research work, Javadekar said, “The small and big changes in the society must be studied by students, academicians and researchers.”
REFORMS ON THE CARDS
Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar said that to improve the quality of education three major regulators University Grant Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) will soon be reformed and brought under one body with similar rules and processes to bring about more efficiency. He also spoke about the graded regulatory mechanism as part of key reforms in the UGC to usher in greater transparency, freedom and autonomy to institutions.
Prakash Javadekar said, “It was interesting to observe how citizens have accepted and reacted to demonetisation. Therefore, I had once suggested to IIM to conduct a research study on how people perceived this move and adjusted to it.
Reform set to sweep all 3 education regulators
No full textReform set to sweep all 3 education regulators:
Pune: All three education regulatory bodies will undergo sweeping reforms, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said at the convocation address in Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics on Monday.
The three organizations are All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), which is the national-level regulating body covering technical institutes, University Grants Commission (UGC), which regulates university education in the country, and National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), which regulates teachers’ education and quality of teachers.
“Regulatory bodies should not create difficulties. We are going to reform the entire regulatory mechanism of UGC, AICTE, NCTE. They will be seamless, transparent, and efficient, map quality, have the same rules and will not consume time. We are going to bring this reform in all regulatory bodies soon,” he added.
He said relevant research that supports uplift of the poor is needed. “Education is subsidised and people contribute to education. We should do research that serves the poor. Job satisfaction is important and that will come when you help uplift the poor,” the minister said.
He said the PV Narasimha Rao government changed the country’s licence raj and put the country on the road to development.
“We need students to contribute to the nation without bias. In the last seven months, 600 courses have been uploaded on the Swayam platform on which 17 lakh people have registered,” he added.
Universities have been told to revise their curricula every year. “Even if the universities do not have new curricula, we will have AICTE and UGC upload revised curricula every year that the universities can replicate if they want to,” Javadekar added.
National Assessment and Accreditation Council gives accreditation to colleges. “Institutes that have the highest NAAC scores will automatically be given autonomy and they won’t have to come to the ministry or regulatory bodies,” he added
