With the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) giving a green signal to the new pre-conditions set by it for an educational institution to seek a deemed status, the institutions now have to fit in with fifteen years of proven excellence record, high accreditation ratings, and more power to the Vice-Chancellors (VCs).
The University Grants Commission (UGC) is expected to give final approval after the MHRD.
As of now, the deemed universities function under the UGC guidelines which did not bind them officially, but with these regulations coming into place, the deemed varsities are bound to follow them legally.
According to the proposed regulations, an applicant institute must now be in existence for 15 years and not 10 years as earlier.
Under the new regulations, it is likely that the institutes offering courses in emerging areas of technology would be restricted to government-run institutes.
However, it is only for a national expert panel to decide on the eligibility criteria for these institutes to fit in the category.
Stringent inspection norms have been enforced by the UGC which proposes that before another committee begins inspections of its campus, an expert committee must ensure a pre-initiation check.
The panels of experts will be reconstituted every five years.
The MHRD’s review committee noticing the importance of management over the academic administration in various deemed universities has made the UGC proposal to suggest that the VCs contribute to a greater role in the functioning of the institute.
Courtesy: Edu News
