Higher Education in India Issues and Concerns.ppt

Higher Education in India: Issues and Concerns By Poonam Bhushan School of Education IGNOU, Maidan Garhi New Delhi-68 Table : Number of InstitutionsC: Higher Education Institutions Typology of Higher Education Institutions (2004-2005) Table 5: Public Expenditures on Higher Education Students Enrolment by Academic Discipline (2002-2003) Table 1 : Enrolment Rate 2004-05Rural, Urban – 2004-05 Enrolment Rate – Male, Female - 2004-05 ER-Social Groups – 2004-05 Table : GER by Income Level – 2004-05 University Grants Commission (UGC) The UGC Act, 1956, Ministry of HRD www.ugc.ac.in Distance Education Council (DEC) Sec. 25 of IGNOU Act, 1985, Ministry of HRD www.ignou.ac.in/dec/ All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) AICTE Act, 1987, Ministry of HRD, www.aicte.ernet.in Medical Council of India (MCI) MCI Act, 1953, Ministry of Health,  The Council of Architecture (COA) The Architects Act, 1972, Ministry of Urban Development, Indian Nursing Council (INC) The INC Act, 1947, Ministry of Health, www.mohfw.nic.in Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) RCI Act, 1992, Ministry of Social Justice, www.rehacouncil.nic.in National Council For Teacher Education (NCTE) NCTE Act, 1993,  Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) Not a statutory body, Ministry of Agriculture, .in Bar Council of India (BCI) The Advocates Act, 1962, Ministry of Law www.barcouncilofindia.nic.in Quality and Quality Assessment In order to evaluate performance of an institution and bring about a measure of accountability a mechanism of accreditation has been developed by UGC. This is an autonomous council under UGC called National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) with a purpose to carry out periodic assessment of universities and colleges. NAAC has evolved a methodology of assessment which involves self-appraisal by each university/college and an assessment of the performance by an expert committee. Contd. Similarly, for technical education, AIC