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xiplanthrust_priorities.pdf
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
Dr. ( Mrs.) Pankaj Mittal
Joint Secretary
D. O. NO. F. 1- 1/ 2007 ( XI Plan)
March 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
In continuation to my letter No. F. 1- 4/ 2006 ( XI Plan) dated 25
th
September, 2006 requesting
for information pertaining to performance of the Universities during X
Plan, a proforma
seeking information about development plans of the Universities and
its requirements during
XI Plan is enclosed.
A policy paper giving thrust and priorities of UGC during XI Plan is
also enclosed with
covering letter from Chairman, UGC.
You are requested to send the proforma, duly filled in to the UGC
within 3 weeks of issue of
this letter. The information should be sent in two parts – " General
Development Grants" and
" Grants required under the merged schemes."
During XI Plan, a number of UGC schemes have been merged with the
development grants.
The list of these schemes is given in the enclosed proforma. While
sending the proposal to
the UGC for general development grant for XI Plan, you are also
requested to give an
additional proposal indicating your requirements for implementing the
schemes which have
been merged with the development grant. Allocation for these schemes
would be done, for
the Universities eligible to get UGC grant under that scheme, at the
beginning of the XI Plan
based on the recommendations of the Visiting Committee. Given the fact
that the allocation
for these schemes would be decided in the beginning of the plan,
generally, no proposal
would be considered during the XI plan period for funding under these schemes.
On receipt of the information in the prescribed proforma, Visiting
Committees would visit the
university to review its performance during the X Plan and to assess
the requirements for the
XI Plan. It may please be noted that it will not be possible for the
UGC to send the Visiting
Committee, unless the information about X Plan review ( for those who
have not sent it yet)
and the XI Plan requirements of the University is received within the
stipulated time frame.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
Encls: As above ( Pankaj Mittal)
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
PROFORMA FOR ELICITING XI PLAN REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
list of 1 items
A. Profile of the University
list end
1. ( a) Name and complete address of the University including Pin Code:
( b) Campuses with address
( c) Web- site address
2. Name of the Vice- Chancellor, Phone Number( s)( Office/ Residence),
Mobile, Fax
Number and E- mail address.
3. Name of the Registrar, Phone Number( s) ( Office/ Residence),
Mobile, Fax Number
and E- Mail address.
4. Year of Establishment
5. Please furnish the following administrative information ( as on 31.03.2007)
( a) Whether situated in urban / rural / backward / small town /
tribal/ hilly/ border
area: ( Yes/ No) ( Please indicate the total population of the town.)
( b) Whether accredited by NAAC or similar body ( Yes/ No), if so the ranking:
list of 9 items
( c) Whether eligible for reaccreditations, if yes, whether
reaccredited by NAAC,
( d) if so the ranking.
(e) Actual teaching days in last five years:-
( f) Is university following norms of 40 hours of workload per week, if yes, the
percentage of teachers having workload of 40 hours per week.
( g) Is the university following UGC code of Professional Ethics? ( Y/ N)
( g) Is the university following UGC code of Professional Ethics? ( Y/ N)
( g) Is the university following UGC code of Professional Ethics? ( Y/ N)
( h) Is the university maintaining Annual Performance Appraisal of
teachers ( Y/ N)
( i) Is the university getting maintenance grant from Central / State
Government
( Please indicate the source).
( j) Teaching : Non- teaching ratio
( k) Teacher : Student ratio
list end
6. Please furnish the following academic information: ( as on 31.3.2007)
( a) No. of Departments ( Please give details as in Annexure- I ( A& B)
( b) No. of affiliated Colleges.
a) UG ___________
b) PG ___________
list of 1 items
( c) No. of constituent Colleges
a) UG ___________
b) PG ___________
list end
( d) Existing Faculty strength in University Departments ( Please give
details as in Annexure- II ( A& B)).
( e) Students enrolled in University Departments
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. Phil
Ph. D
Self Finance Courses
( f) Students enrolled in affiliated and Constituent Colleges.
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
list of 1 items
( c) No. of constituent Colleges
a) UG ___________
b) PG ___________
list end
( d) Existing Faculty strength in University Departments ( Please give
details as in Annexure- II ( A& B)).
( e) Students enrolled in University Departments
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. Phil
Ph. D
Certificate Diploma
Self Finance Courses
( f) Students enrolled in affiliated and Constituent Colleges.
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. Phil
Ph. D
Certificate Diploma
Self Finance Courses
( f) Students enrolled in affiliated and Constituent Colleges.
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. PhilPh. D
Certificate Diploma
Self Finance Courses
B. Development of University
list of 1 items
1. Please indicate the development plans of the University for XI Plan
( 2007- 2012) for providing relevant and quality education while
ensuring
access and equity. ( Please give details as in Annexure- III).
list end
list of 1 items
2. The existing and new teaching programmes and activities to be
initiated during XI Plan:-
list end
table with 10 columns and 4 rows
S. No.
Existing Courses Offered
New Courses Proposed
list of 1 items
( c) No. of constituent Colleges
a) UG ___________
b) PG ___________
list end
( d) Existing Faculty strength in University Departments ( Please give
details as in Annexure- II ( A& B)).
( e) Students enrolled in University Departments
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. Phil
Ph. D
Certificate Diploma
Self Finance Courses
( f) Students enrolled in affiliated and Constituent Colleges.
Level
Intake capacity
Actual Enrolment
UG
PG
M. Phil
Ph. D
Certificate Diploma
Self Finance Courses
B. Development of University
list of 1 items
1. Please indicate the development plans of the University for XI Plan
( 2007- 2012) for providing relevant and quality education while
ensuring
access and equity. ( Please give details as in Annexure- III).
list end
list of 1 items
2. The existing and new teaching programmes and activities to be
initiated during XI Plan:-
list end
table with 10 columns and 4 rows
S. No.
Existing Courses Offered
New Courses Proposed
Name of the Course
Department
Level
( UG/ PG/
Res.)
Intake
Capacity
Actual Enrolment
Name of the Course
Department
Level
( UG/ PG/
Res.)
Proposed Intake
TOTAL
table end
list of 1 items
3. To fulfill the above objectives, what is the requirement of the
university in terms of Infrastructure, Staff, Equipment, Books and
Journals,
Staff, Equipment, Books and Journals,
Library etc.
list end
i. Infrastructure: Building:
list end
table with 4 columns and 4 rows
S. No.
Name of the Building
Area ( Sq. Ft./ Sq. M)
Estimated Cost/ UGC Share
( Rs. in lakhs)
a)
New Buildings proposed
b)
Renovation of Buildings
c)
Extension of existing building
table end
list of 1 items
ii. Campus Development:
list end
S. No.
Activity Proposed
Estimated Cost
( Rs. in lakhs)
list of 1 items
iii. Staff:
( a) Teaching Posts ( Please include the teaching staff required for
newly proposed departments/ courses).
list end
table with 12 columns and 5 rows
Name of the Depart-
Ment
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
Others
( Please Specify)
Grand Total
Total funds reqd. for additional post
Existing
Addl.
Req.
Existing
Addl. Req.
Existing
Addl. Req.
Existing
Addl.
Req.
Existing
Addl.
Req.
( a) Existing
( b) Proposed
Total
table end
( b) Technical posts: _______________________
( c) Non- teaching posts: _______________________
Total _______________________
iv Central Library
table with 8 columns and 5 rows
No. of Books
No. of Journals
Total additional funds required
e- subscription
Print Subscription
Books
Journals
Existing
Addl.
Required
Existing*v
table end
* Please indicate the names of the existing and new journals proposed to be
subscribed.
v Equipment
table with 3 columns and 3 rows
Name of Department
Name of Major Equipments proposed to be acquired during XI Plan (
costing above Rs. 1 lakh)
Cost ( Rs. in lakhs)
Total
table end
vi New Research Activities Planned: ( any path breaking, innovative schemes,
university proposes to launch which does not fall under any scheme of UGC)
Activity
Proposed Benefit
Funding Required
vii. New Extension Activities and Outreach Programmes Planned:
Activity
Proposed Benefit
Funding Required
vii. ICT Requirements of the University:
Activity
Proposed Benefit
Funding Required
viii. Consolidated requirements of University, for development
activities: ( Please
indicate in two priorities)
( Rs. in Lakhs)
table with 6 columns and 12 rows
Priority- I
Priority- II
S. No.
Item
UGC Funds Required during XI Plan
S. No.
Item
UGC Funds Required during XI Plan
1.
Building
1.
Building
2.
Campus Development
2.
Campus Development
3.
Staff
3.
Staff
4.
Books & Journals
4.
Books & Journals
5.
Equipment
5.
Equipment
6.
Research Activities
6.
Research Activities
7.
Extension Activities
7.
Extension Activities
8.
ICT Requirements
8.
ICT Requirements
9.
Others
9.
Others
Total
Total
table end
C. Schemes merged with development grants during XI Plan:
The UGC, during XI Plan proposes to merge the following schemes with General
Development Grant. The allocation for these schemes would be made at the
beginning of XI Plan based on the recommendations of the Visiting Committee. No
application during the Plan period would be considered for funding under these
schemes. The University may indicate separately the funds required
under each of
these schemes.
1. Unassigned Grant.
2. Day Care Centre.
3. Adventure sports along with new schemes for development of sports
infrastructure and equipments.
4. Special Development Grant for Universities in Backward/ Small
Town/ Remote/ Rural/ Border Areas.
5. Special Development Grant for Young Universities and Rejuvenation
Grant for Old.
6. Instruments Maintenance Activity.
7. Women's Hostels
8. Basic facilities for Women.
9. Faculty Improvement Programme. ( Teacher Fellowship for doing
M. Phil/ Ph. D.).
10. Fellowships for doing M. Phil/ PhD in Central Universities.
11. SC/ ST Cell.
12. Remedial Coaching for SC/ ST & Minorities.
13. Coaching for NET for SC/ ST & Minorities.
14. Coaching Class for entry in service for SC/ ST & Minorities.
15. Facilities for differently abled person.
16. Universities having higher percentage of SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority/
Women students.
FINANCES
Funds required for operating the above schemes during XI Plan.( 2007- 2012).
( Rs. in lakh)
Name of the Scheme
Funds Required
Possible Outcome
No. of Beneficiaries
Build-
Ing
Equip-
ment
staff
Books& Journals
others
list of 1 items
D. Consolidated Requirements of the University for XI Plan.
list end
table with 4 columns and 5 rows
S. No.
Item
Amount required*
Phase- I
Phase- II
1.
Development Grant
2.
Grant Required for Schemes merged with Development Grants
Total
table end
* Please indicate the amount required in two priorities to enable UGC
to decide the
priorities based on availability of funds.
ANNEXURE- I ( A)
DEPARTMENT- WISE DETAILS
table with 21 columns and 11 rows
Name of the Department
Enrolment as on 31.03.2002
UG
PG
M. Phil./ Ph. D.
Total
Dip. / Cert.
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Total
table end
Please indicate total number of physically handicapped students in the
university___________________________
ANNEXURE- I ( B)
DEPARTMENT- WISE DETAILS
table with 21 columns and 11 rows
Name of the Department
Enrolment as on 31.03.2007
UG
PG
M. Phil./ Ph. D.
Total
Dip. / Cert.
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Total
table end
Please indicate total number of physically handicapped students in the
university____________________________
ANNEXURE- II ( A)
EXISTING FACULTY STRENGTH IN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
As on 31.03.2002
table with 22 columns and 14 rows
Name of the Department
Sanctioned strength
Working strength
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Total
table end
ANNEXURE- II ( B)
EXISTING FACULTY STRENGTH IN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
As on 31.03.2007
table with 22 columns and 14 rows
Name of the Department
Sanctioned strength
Working strength
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Gen.
SC
ST
OBC
Mino-
rity
Total
Total
table end
ANNEXURE- III
DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE UNIVERSITY
Development Proposals of the University during XI Plan ( 2007- 2012)
may please be
indicated under the following heads:-
( i) Access - ( i) How does the University propose to enhance
access by atleast 5% by end of XI Plan?
( ii) Equity - ( ii) What are the plans initiated to enhance
capacity building by 54% to accommodate
OBC students? In Central Universities/
Institutes.
( iii) What are the plans of the University to
enhance enrolment of SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority/
Women Students?
( iii) Relevance - ( i) What steps are proposed to be taken by the
University to promote relevant education to
ensure that the pass outs are readily
employable?
( ii) What is the frequency of syllabus revision and
how far the model curriculum of UGC has been
implemented? No. of subjects in which the
curriculum has been updated.
( iv) Quality & ( i) How does the University propose to enhance
Excellence- the quality of education imparted in the
University?
( ii) Steps proposed to be taken to
introduce e- governance in the University?
( iii) Steps proposed to be taken by University to
develop an informative website.
( v) University - ( i) Steps proposed to be taken by the University
Administration to train the administrators to ensure effective
administration.
( ii) Steps taken to ensure atleast 180 actual
teaching days ( excluding examination days)
in a year and 40hrs of workload per week for
teachers.
( vi) Development of- ( i) What steps the University proposes to take
Teachers for professional development of teachers,
including attending the refresher/ orientation
courses, travel grant for attending seminars/
conference etc.
( ii) Is University implementing the Code of
Profession ethics.
( iii) Are performance appraisal of teachers done
regularly.
( vii) Facilities for - The scholarship/ fellowship schemes introduced
Students for PG / M. Phil / Ph. D. students and the
percentage of students covered under each
may be given alongwith proposal for enhancing
the coverage of scholarship/ fellowship
programme.
( viii) Any other Plans of the University.
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
BAHADURSHAH ZAFAR MARG,
NEW DELHI- 110 002
Sukhadeo Thorat
Chairman
D. O. No. F. 1- 2/ 2007 ( XI Plan) March 1, 2007
Dear
Let me begin by expressing my good wishes for the coming academic
year. The new academic
session should begin with a new focus on higher education under XI
Plan, which would begin
from 1st of April 2007 and extend up to 31st March 2012.
After I joined as Chairman on 6th February, 2006, a number of
initiatives have been taken
particularly in the expansion of fellowships for research students in
Central Universities, for
sciences in State universities, socially disadvantaged students, for
construction of Women hostel
and also some reform in the NET examination.
However these were some piecemeal efforts. Under the XI Plan, UGC
proposes to introduce
some new initiatives in higher education. These will include
introduction of new schemes for
improving access, quality, inclusiveness, including the reservation
for OBC and other initiatives
for teachers and students. Besides there will be changes in the grant
giving mechanism which
will make it more efficient and transparent. The UGC is going to
introduce e- governance and
some other organisational reforms which will presumably improve the
efficiency in its working.
The detailed note outlining the main thrust areas and initiatives
proposed under the XI Plan is
presented below. I urge upon you to prepare the XI Plan proposal of
your respective institution
keeping in mind the thrust of the XI Plan. The teams for XI Plan will
also visit your university
soon.
I also use this opportunity to emphasise, particularly upon the
Central universities, to take steps
for implementation of 27% reservation and corresponding increased
seats for other students as
well. The UGC will support the efforts of universities on priority
basis as this is an important
issue on which we have to pay particular attention.
I wish you a good beginning for the coming academic session. I look
forward to your
cooperation.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
( Sukhadeo Thorat)
All the Vice Chancellors of
Universities receiving grants
>From the UGC.
Thrusts and Priorities during XI Plan Period
Introduction
Higher education in our country has come a long way since independence. The
Government policy and efforts for promotion of higher education have
been guided by the
New Education Policy, 1986 and Programme of Action, 1992 and other
policy initiatives in
the 1990' s. The higher education policy and program of action has
been guided mainly by
five goals which include, Greater Access, Equal Access, Quality and Excellence,
Relevance and Values based education.
-- Greater access requires enhancement in the education institutions
to cater to the growing
demand for higher education;
list of 4 items
• Inclusive higher education requires equitable access to higher
education by all groups in order to ensure barrier free access to the
poor , girls
and socially disadvantaged groups;
• quality requires imparting education leading to enhancement of human
capabilities and potential to the fullest extent and achieve
excellence by
enabling the students to be more creative and innovative ;
• Relevance of higher education requires promotion of such education
which serves as human resource for economic, social and cultural
development of
the country;
• Value- based education requires inculcation of basis moral values
among the youth ,
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The expansion of higher education since independence has been achieved
through the
efforts of individual states and Central government assistance. A
definite and more
systematic effort had begun with the setting up of the University
Grants Commission in
1953 ,- with a mandate to coordinate , regulate and maintain the
standards of higher
education.
The UGC has performed this role by providing support to colleges and
universities, and
strengthening physical and academic infrastructure and human
resources. During the last
fifty years or so the UGC has developed regulatory framework and corresponding
programs and the schemes to translate the policy directions into practice.
Situation on the Eve of XI plan
Since independence we have progressed on a number of fronts in higher
education. At the
time of independence, in 1947, the size of higher education in terms
of number of
educational institutions, and teachers was small but since that time
onwards there has been
an exponential increase in higher education.
The number of universities has increased from 20 in 1947 to about 367
in 2006 indicating a
thirteen- fold increase. The number of colleges increased from 500 in
1947 to 18064 in
2006, Similarly the number of teachers has increased from 15000 in
1950 to 4,88,000 in
2006. And number of students increased from about half million to 11.2
million .
As a result of this increase in educational capacity the enrolment in
higher education has
improved quite significantly. The enrolment ratio has increased from
0.7 % in the early
1950. 9.39% for the 2003 ( based on the selected education
statistics). The National Sample
Survey and Population Census give some what higher enrolment rate,
which is about 13 to
14% ( as it also includes diploma and certificate courses and also
covers private educational
institutions – both recognized and non- recognized). Similarly the
higher education has
expanded in terms of level and faculty.
Approach of XI Plan: Issues identified
Notwithstanding this progress in the access to higher education, we
have a long way to
cover before we reach a desirable level and quality of higher
education. An analysis of
contemporary situation raised some important issues that need to be
addressed on the eve
of XI Plan. The issues relate to the same five goals of access to
higher education ( reflected
in enrolment ratio), equal access to socially and economically
disadvantaged groups or
inclusiveness, and quality and excellence, relevance and value
oriented education.
The XI Plan approach Paper focusses on these five issues. The
particular focus is on
Inclusiveness and quality in higher education. It emphasises on equal
access to quality
education.
Access - By the end of the 10th Plan, that is, 2006- 07, the enrolment
rate is expected to be
9.1 %. The XI Plan set the target of 15%, with a net increase by 5% by
2012. The
expansion will have to come both from enhancement in the intake
capacity of existing
education institutions and also by establishing new ones. The
approximate number of
additional educational institutions is some thing, which will have to
be worked out.
The implications of 15% target for the colleges and universities is
that while preparing the
proposal for XI Plan, the universities and colleges should see to it
that intake capacity is
increased. This will require increase in the intake of existing
centres and departments as
well as the increase in the new degree programs. The special efforts
would be necessary to
absorb the increase on account of 54% increase in seats due to
reservation for OBC.
Inclusiveness – disparities associated with region, area of origin and
social groups
The XI Plan focusses on Inclusiveness with equal access to all.
However, the inclusive
approach essentially require identification of areas, regions and
social and economic groups
which have lower access to higher education than others or all India average.
A review of the enrolment rate revealed four types of disparities,
inter- state, rural – urban,
inter- social group, male – female and poor and non poor. In framing
the schemes by UGC
and its implementation by universities and colleges these disparities
will be addressed.
Rural – Urban disparities: In early 2000 the enrolment ratio for rural
areas was 5.6% as
compared to 20.44% in the urban areas. The Eligible enrolment ratio
works out to 51 % for
rural as against 66% for urban which means, only half of the rural
students who complete
their higher secondary attend colleges.
Inter- state Disparities: The Gross Enrolment ratio ( GER) varies
quite significantly across
states. There are certain states where the GER is far lower than the
national average and
disparities are quite revealing at district level. The GER varies from
21% in Kerala to 6%
in Bihar.
Inter- caste Variations: The GER is much lower than the national
average ( 10.10% based
on National sample survey) in case of the SC ( 5.09), ST ( 6.43), OBC
( 7.0). These
differences are further accentuated in the rural areas.
Inter- religious Differences: Amongst the various religious groups,
the Muslims are found
to have lowest GER ( 5.23%) which is nearly one- half of the national average.
Gender Disparities: The GER for girls is found to be only 8% as
compared to 12% for
boys. Importantly, the GER for females belonging to lower caste and
some social groups
( particularly Muslims) is further worse.
Poor- Non Poor Disparities: The GER for the poor works out to be only
2.41% as against
the non- poor ( 12.81%) and the national average ( 10.10%).
Importantly, within the Poor, the
GER for poor belonging to the SC, ST, OBC and Muslims are much lower.
Disparities across Occupation Categories: The GER for the agricultural
labourers and
casual workers is found to be far lower than the self- employed and
regular wage earners;
Thus the enrolment ratio is lower for rural areas , lower in certain
states ( and districts),
amongst girls and some social and economic groups. Inclusiveness
demands that the
universities and colleges should develop schemes where by the access
of the students
from rural areas , in certain states , girls and certain social ,
economic and occupational group
is improved at a faster rate so that, the gap in enrolment rate
between rural- urban, between
states, male- female, and inter- social and economic group is reduced.
Quality and Excellence:
Improvement in quality and excellence is another issue on which the XI
Plan places main
focus.
Grant Receiving Colleges and universities - Quality gap and up gradation
Out of 164 universities that currently receive development grants from UGC, 111
universities are accredited by the NAAC and the analysis of data
reveals that only 32 % of
them are rated as A grade or above.
Amongst the 4870 colleges, as many as 2,780 are accredited by the NAAC
and the analysis
of their scores reveals that about 10% of them are rated as A or above..
Thus 68% of the Universities and 90% of the colleges are rated average
or below average
in terms of quality parameters used by the NAAC
The casual analysis provides strong evidence that the universities and
colleges that are
rated high are those that have quantitatively high level of physical
facilities, academic
infrastructure and human resources;
Quality of the institutions of higher education is, thus, found to be
having a strong
bearing on the physical and academic infrastructure.
There is, thus a very strong need to make necessary investments in academic
infrastructure and human resources in order to bring all colleges and
universities to the
level of A grade colleges and universities. The level of
infrastructure – physical,
academic and human resource as available in A grade colleges and
universities needs to
be used as bench mark and colleges and universities with lower than
the benchmark
, additional investments will have to be provided through additional
development grants to
catch up with A grade institutions.
While UGC will develop schemes to bridge this gap and improve the
quality of college
and university education,- the Colleges and universities themselves
should take steps to
improve the physical and academic infrastructure and human resources
and to bring
them on par with A grade institutions .
Question of non grant Colleges and Universities
Out of 14,000 Colleges that come under purview of the UGC, only 5,589
( 40%) are
recognised under Section 2( f) and only 5,273 ( 38%) colleges are
eligible to receive
development assistance under section 12( B). In effect, actually only
4,870 ( 35%) colleges
did receive development assistance from the UGC during the 10th Five Year Plan.
This leaves a whopping 9,130 ( 65%) colleges without access to
development grants for the
simple reason that they fail to meet the minimum eligibility criteria
laid down by the
UGC. These minimum criteria relates to availability of minimum
physical and academic
infrastructure.
We need to urgently address the issue of non- grant colleges. The UGC
is considering the
ways through which non grant institutions should be brought under the
orbit of UGC
grant making process by helping them to meet minimum requirement of 2(
f) and 12 ( B).
It is equally necessary for the state universities ( which are
entrusted with the task of
giving permanent affiliation) to initiate steps to suggest ways to
State governments to
support non grant colleges so that they meet the requirement of UGC
and standard of
higher education is maintained.
2) Same is the case with the Universities. Out of a total of 367
university level
institutions, 317 fall under the jurisdiction of the UGC out of which
164 universities
were actually provided with development grants during the 10th Five-
year plan. The
remaining 153 universities were left out for the same reasons as
explained above for
colleges. It is, therefore, equally necessary that these non grant
universities are also
supported by the State governments to be able to meet minimum
requirement to receive
the UGC grants.
Quality Assessment
The maintenance of academic standards is the main responsibility of
the UGC, and this
demands continuous assessment. The NAAC has been involved in the assessment and
accreditation of universities and colleges. At present the assessment
and accreditation is
voluntary. So far the accredited colleges constituted only 20% of the
total colleges ( that is
14000) and about half of the colleges supported by UGC.
Similarly about 128 universities ( out of 317) have been assessed for
more elaborate
criteria of quality of NAAC. Thus more than half of the universities
are assessed and
accredited.
As we can see the NAAC has been able to cover about 20 % of the total
colleges and more
than half of the universities. The main issue is therefore how to
increase the coverage of
NAAC assessment so as to cover most of the remaining colleges and
universities. The
NAAC is in the process of making significant changes in its policy. It
has proposed to
make the assessment mandatory. It has also proposed the improved
method of gradation.
The proposal of NAAC for mandatory assessment and accreditation is
under consideration
of UGC.
Also NAAC is emphasizing more on the Internal Systems of Quality
Assurance. It is
imperative that higher education institutions are motivated to
establish their own internal
mechanisms for sustenance, assurance and enhancement of the quality of
education
imparted by them. It is of significance that such internal quality-
culture would be
invaluable in the maintenance of quality within the institution. The
effectiveness of
external quality assessment would then be determined by the
effectiveness of such internal
quality assurance systems and processes.
Relevance of Education:
The UGC's approach on relevant education is governed by few
considerations . The
imparting of higher education involves promotion of education which
serves as human
resource for economic, social and cultural development of the country.
To achieve that end
the curriculum should be such that it gives ( a) basic foundation in
the various subjects and
disciplines to the students ( b) also promotes skills ( c) facilitates
employability and ( d)
right values that meet the human resource requirement for economic,
social and cultural
ends of the society,
To realise these goals, UGC helps the universities and colleges to
develop curriculum with
latest knowledge in the subject, promote vocational and carrier
oriented courses, and
courses that promote human rights values. In 2003 the UGC had prepared model
curriculum. UGC supported the vocational and career- oriented programmes. These
courses are add- on courses with the conventional higher education
process. There is
flexibility in combination of the discipline of the degree course and
the skills being
acquired under the Career Oriented Programmes.
Beside the UGC have developed schemes like Epoch making thinkers, Innovative
programs to expose the students to our great Indian thinkers and also
to new and innovative
ideas.
In the case of Carrier development courses there seems to be a need
for prioritizing these
courses according to the market signals. We do not have a systematic
assessment of the
manpower requirements over the years.. The need of the hour is to
develop the norms for
understanding the signals from the market, which would help
prioritization of the courses
and also the provision of suitable assistance for offering these courses.
Infect there is need to develop a medium term plan of our requirements
of skills and
professional knowledge so that these form the guidelines for UGC and
educational
institutions for development of need based courses.
ICT Integration:
Now, more than ever, moving vast amounts of information quickly and efficiently
across great distances is one of the most pressing needs. With the
advent of optical fibre,
cellular telephony, Internet, voice over internet etc, distances have
essentially disappeared
in the global scenario. With the Internet, faster communication medium
is available to
reach large number of people at a very low cost.
Through the application of information and communication technology,
institutions will
acquire the ability to diminish the impact of space, time and distance
and spread across
the country to any remote areas.
Advanced technologies like computers and information technology can be used to
educate large number of students at all levels of education who are
useful to themselves
and to the society globally. This requires the development of advanced
information and
communication infrastructure development envisaged and supported by EDUSAT.
Strategy adopted by UGC for XI Plan
Access- Given the target of 15% enrolment rate by the end of 2012 ,
the expansion in the
institutional capacity of the higher education will continue to be the
major focus of XI
plan . This will come through ( a) expansion of existing intake
capacity of the present
colleges and universities and ( b) by establishing new centres and
departments .( and also
new universities / institutions by Ministry). The development grants
will receive priority for
expansion of intake capacity and opening of new departments, or
courses particularly in
new and innovative areas .
Given the problem of regional imbalances in the enrolment ratio there
will be focus on the
regions where the enrolment ratio is relatively low and the
educational institutional
capacity is less.
Beside there will be a focus on development of institutional capacity
in rural and remote
areas and small towns where the enrolment ratio is of low order.. In
XI plan, UGC proposes
to put a special emphasis on supporting institutions of higher
education in these areas.
Inclusiveness- The second aspect of the XI plan strategy will be
centre around the
inclusiveness and this will focus on schemes that will encourage
access of students from
rural area, girls, and student from poor background, particularly from
wage labour
occupation, SC, ST, OBC, and minorities. Special grants will be given
to colleges and
universities that have majority of such deprived groups. The students
from such groups will
be supported during the period of their studies. Thus inclusive growth
of higher education
will remain the corner stone of the strategy of development.
Quality - Improvement of quality will be another focus of the XI Plan.
The strategy for
quality and excellence will centre around the schemes for three
elements of the institution,
( a) physical infrastructure in the institution ( b) facilities for
teachers and ( c) facilities for
students.
The XI Plan will have schemes to improve physical infrastructure,
quality of teacher and
the students.
It will also include schemes to promote excellence. The strategy of XI
plan will be to
promote excellence from among the large base of high quality
institutions spread over large
parts and not develop mere islands of excellence. Large number of
universities, colleges
and postgraduate departments will receive support to develop
excellence in teaching and
research.
Mobility of faculty to institutions of excellence, teaching
assistantship to Ph D scholars and
large number of fellowships will be offered to initiate excellence in
the institutions.
Postdoctoral fellowship, research grants will be upgraded to support
excellence. The
capacity building of teachers as well as administrators will be the
important strategy to
orient them to take initiatives and innovations in higher education.
Academic Staff colleges will be strengthened and efforts will be made
to make the
Academic staff colleges a central focal points of academic improvement
of faculty.
There also remains a large quality gap between colleges and
universities. This is a matter of
concern. The strategy during XI plan will be to mitigate the large
quality gaps that exist at
present between colleges and between the universities. Since the gaps
are large in
magnitude and had been caused by underinvestment in the past, it is
assumed that the State
government plans will share the resources in fulfilling the gaps . It
is further assumed that
investment to reduce the quality gaps will be made over a period of
two five year plan
periods.
Relevance and Value based education:
In developing higher education besides basic education, the career
oriented courses will be
given special importance to make higher education relevant both in
social as well as
economic terms. Similarly diversification of courses and Innovative
courses will be given
special support.
The importance of value education is realised in contemporary times to
strengthen the
secular, democratic, non- discriminatory and scientific spirit among
the youth. The strategy
will be to promote education that promotes these values.
( e) ICT integration and Governance:
The strategy for ICT in the XI Plan will focus on promoting Information and
Communication Technology in promoting quality, improving governance
and creating
knowledge by development of sound IT infrastructure in higher
education. Besides the
infrastructure availability the teachers will be supported to use it
to the full potential. The
efforts at improving governance at the universities and the UGC will
be taken to increase
the capacity of the institutions to implement the schemes and programmes.
Programmes proposed for XI Plan:
Enhancing Aggregate Access:
Existing schemes:
At present UGC is giving General Development Grants to the
Universities and Colleges for
enhancing access through construction of buildings, purchase of
equipments, hostels, books
and journals and staff.
New schemes:
It is proposed to enhance substantially the infrastructure and other
facilities to the existing
Central, State and Deemed to be Universities. It is proposed to
identify an existing old
state university/ university level institution in each of the state, (
which have been neglected
due to under funding in the past) and to support them to ensure their
revival and
rejuvenation so as to help them cater more effectively the populace
that they intend to
serve;
Existing state universities need enhanced investment as they have been
under funded. It is
proposed that enhanced general development grant will be given to all
existing state
universities under UGC's purview.
Under the schemes of backward districts the UGC will support
universities and colleges to
expand their intake capacity
Promoting Inclusiveness and Equity:
Social Group Equity:
Present schemes: The UGC, at present, is implementing the schemes of
establishing
SC/ ST Cells to oversee the implementation of reservation policy,
remedial coaching to
enable students to cope up with their studies, coaching classes for
NET to enable students
from disadvantaged groups to clear NET and coaching classes for entry
in service for
disadvantaged sections of the Society. Also there are schemes of
Fellowship. Many of the
schemes have also been extended to the Minorities.
New schemes:
To promote the participation of social groups, special development
grants will be provided
to universities and colleges with relatively higher proportion of SC/
ST/ Minorities as well
as poor students.
Equal Opportunity Cell ( EOC) will be established in every university
which will house and
implement all schemes related to SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and
physically challenged
students.
There will be various schemes to facilitate the participation of
persons with disabilities.
Financial safety net for higher education will be provided to the
children of most
disadvantaged groups.
Schemes for Persons with Different Abilities:
Existing Schemes
For persons with disabilities, UGC is implementing the scheme of *
HEPSN and ** TEPSE
to provide barrier free access to persons with disability and to
prepare teachers for
providing special education.
* Higher Education for Persons with special needs ( HEPSN)
* * Teachers preparation in Special Education ( TEPSE)
New Schemes
The XI Plan shall provide all facilities for persons with disabilities
in the higher education
sector. Course based repository of books, films, learning materials in
Braille, audio tapes,
lectures in sign language will be developed for all Courses.
Gender Equity
Existing Schemes
At present, UGC is implementing a special scheme for providing women's
hostel and day
care centres in the universities and colleges. Apart from this, women
studies centre have
been established to undertake studies relating to women.
New schemes
To promote the participation of women in higher education, the hostel and other
infrastructure facilities for women in colleges and universities are
proposed. Day care
centers, Capacity building for women managers in higher education,
professional courses
for women and scholarship for women would be provided during XIth plan.
Regional Balance:
Existing Schemes
At present, UGC is providing focused funding to universities and
colleges located in
backward districts, by using the criteria of literacy rate and all the
Districts where the
literacy rate is below the national average is considered as backward district.
New Schemes
During XI Plan programmes schemes would be launched to address the
regional imbalance
of institutions in higher education which will include special
development assistance to
colleges and universities in backward areas, rural areas, small towns
and remote and border
areas. The definition of backward areas will be determined by
enrolment ratio and the
number of colleges per lakh of population rather than the literacy
rate, considering factors
both on demand and supply side.
Quality
Existing schemes
The UGC operates schemes for quality improvement for Institutions,
teachers and students
Institutions – At present, UGC is providing grants to the universities
for enhancing quality
for giving special funding under the schemes of Special Assistance
Programme, * ASIST, ** ASHISS. Apart from this, Instrumentation
Maintenance Facilities are established in the Universities to enable them to
do in house maintenance of equipments. Funds are also provided for
organizing national and international seminars/ conferences.
* Assistance of Strengthening of Infrastructure in Science & Technology
** Assistance of Strengthening of Infrastructure in Humanities &
Social Science.
Six Inter University Centres have been established to provide high end
research facilities to teachers and students. Out of these, two IUCs, namely
NAAC and INFLIBNET are service sector oriented and rest are providing
research facilities.
Teachers – The UGC is helping the teachers to upgrade their teaching
and research
capability by providing grants for Teacher Fellowship, Major and Minor
Research Projects and for Travel Grants to attend international
seminars/ conferences. Apart from this, Emeritus Fellowship is given to the
retired teachers for research activities. Exchange program provide
opportunities to teacher to for research and other academic collaboration.
Academic staff colleges have been providing an effective mechanism for
faculty development and continuous updating of knowledge and skill base
of existing teachers.
Students – The UGC gives fellowship to all NET qualified candidates to pursue
research. Apart from this, several new initiatives in the form of Rajiv
Gandhi PG Scholarship, Fellowship for Single Girl Child, and special
fellowship for non – fellowship MPhil/ PhD students have been started in
Central universities .
The UGC will try to improve the MPhil and PhD program in the country
by standardization of admission policy , courses and evaluation method to
enhance the quality of research program .
News schemes
As has been shown earlier, there are huge gaps between high quality
and low quality
universities as well as colleges. Efforts would be made during XI Plan
to reduce the
quality gaps so that there is an over all improvement in quality of
higher education and not
limited to few select institutions. XIth Plan promises mitigation of
quality gaps in
universities and colleges and promotion of excellence in institutions
of higher education.
Mitigation of Quality Gaps in Universities: A programme to bridge the
quality gap
between good and average state universities is proposed. The quality
up gradation will
spread over a period of ten years. It is assumed that states will also
meet the financial
requirements to reduce the quality gaps between universities. A catch-
up grants scheme for
young universities and rejuvenation of infrastructure in old
universities is also proposed.
Faculty improvement programmes to support teachers for Ph. D. is
proposed. Assistance
will be given to setup B. Ed. and Physical education Faculty in
colleges/ universities of
each districts headquarters.
Mitigation of Quality Gaps in Colleges: A programme to bridge the
quality gap between
good and average colleges is proposed. The quality upgradation will
spread over a period
of ten years. It is assumed that states will also meet the financial
requirements to reduce the
quality gaps between colleges. A catch- up grants to young colleges
and rejuvenation of
infrastructure in old colleges is also proposed.
It is proposed that the activities of the ASCs be enhanced and that
each of the ASC is
provided adequate funds for creating a hostel facility. Some ASCs will
be converted into
Regional Institutes for Professional Development of the college and
university teachers.
The UGC will promote creation of Internal Assessment Cell in the
Universities and
colleges.
Inter University Centres:
Inter- University Centre has developed special facilities for teachers
and student which are
generally not available in universities and colleges. They have served
useful purpose .
list of 2 items
1. The resource allocation for the existing Inter University Centres (
IUC) need to be strengthened in order to strengthen their research,
training
and development capabilities.
2. In addition to the existing IUCs, new IUCs in literature and
language, and Social sciences need to be set up to provide advanced
facilities for
research to faculty and students ..
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Promotion of Excellence:
Existing Schemes
During X Plan, two major schemes implemented by the UGC to promote
excellence were
Universities with Potential for Excellence and Colleges with Potential
for Excellence where
enhanced funding was given to identify Universities and Colleges who have shown
potential for excellence to further their achievements in the fields
of teaching and research.
Besides at department level, UGC has developed the support system
under SAP to enhance
excellence.
New Schemes
Apart from continuing the old schemes, some of the new schemes will
include programmes
for implementation of recommendations of task force in basic
scientific research, exchange
of junior faculty to institutions of eminence, research awards to
teachers, teaching
assistantship for doctoral students who are not fellowship holders.
Young scientists will be
promoted to work for excellence under the faculty recharge scheme.
Relevance and Value Based Education:
Existing Schemes
The UGC, during X Plan, implemented the scheme of Career Orientation of Courses
wherein skill based courses were introduced at undergraduate level in
addition to the
regular course content. The students were given certificate/ diploma/
advanced diploma on
completion of these courses. Beside UGC has program of Epoch Making
thinkers and
Innovative Programme.
New Schemes
During XI Plan, the following policy initiatives and programme of
actions are proposed:
list of 9 items
1. To promote innovations by individual faculty in introduction of new
courses new autonomous colleges will get enhanced funding in addition
to the
existing autonomous colleges. Autonomous colleges will add relevance
along with the excellence to higher education.
2. Career orientation to education will be launched under which
courses designed to meet the need of job market. The UGC is also
taking initiatives
to develop the institution of Community Colleges .
3. Innovative courses will be launched to promote relevance and value
based education.
4. Career and Counselling cell will be established in each university.
5. Area studies programmes will continue in the universities for
undertaking studies relating to social, economical, political and
cultural affairs
of a given area and for developing inter- disciplinary research and teaching.
6. Rajiv Gandhi Chairs will be offered to the departments to promote
relevance and value based education.
7. Programmes relating to value education and human rights will
receive new priority.
8 A scheme of Centre for studies in social exclusion and inclusive
policy has been already initiated and it will be further expanded in
the XI Plan.
9 Special efforts would be made to establish an IUC in Indian
Compartaive Language and literature.
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ICT Integration in Higher Education:
Existing Schemes
The UGC, at present, is providing funds to Universities and colleges
for establishing
Computer Centres. Apart from this, an ambitious project of UGC Infonet
was launched to
provide Internet Connectivity to all the Universities and Colleges. A
digital repository
consisting of about 4000 journals was also created to give free access
to these journals to
universities.
New Schemes
XI plan will have ambitious schemes and programmes for taking full advantage of
information technology in higher education. Efforts will be made to
capitalise the benefits
yielded during the X Five Year Plan and harvest newer possibilities of
revitalising and
empowering universities and colleges through network, e- resources,
online learning,
archiving of contents . The following programmes will be launched.
1. Digital Repository at the university and college level will be
developed. The vast e
– resources will enhance quality of teaching and learning experience through
integration of information technology pathways
2. A vast network of colleges and universities need to be developed
through internet
connectivity. Colleges and universities will be able to built network
through internet
connectivity during XI Plan.
3. The benefits of Xth plan in terms of information pathways, e-
journals consortium
will be continued through ICT for universities and colleges.
4. Consortium for Educational Communication ( CEC) will be supported
to coordinate
the activities of Education Multi Media Research Centres and Audio-
Video Centres
to develop video programmes and disseminate the programmes through media
centres.
5. Course wise e- content development will be taken up.
6. Digitalisation of Doctoral thesis will be continued.
Governance and Administration of Higher Education System
Existing Scheme
The UGC, during X Plan, was implementing a scheme to provide incentive
grants to the
universities for mobilising resources. Apart from this, the progress
of the universities was
monitored using a well laid down progress monitoring system.
New Schemes
Governance of large network of colleges and universities in India is a
challenging task. The
institutions should improve the internal efficiency and develop a
system of information
sharing to coordinate the various activities relating to teaching and
research. The following
programme will be launched during XIth Plan to improve governance of
higher education
system.
list of 6 items
1. Implementation of e- governance system in universities and colleges
2. E- governance of UGC and Regional offices and inter- connectivity
with universities and colleges for all official works
3. Training for Academic Administrators.
4. Incentives to the Universities and colleges for resource mobilization.
5. Development of National Graduate Students repository.
6. Funding the State Councils for Higher Education SCHE.
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New initiatives in grant giving mechanisms- Merging of Identified
Schemes with the
Block grant:
During the XI plan, a number of UGC Schemes have been merged with the general
development grant. While sending the proposals to UGC for General
Development Grant
for the XI Plan, the Universities are requested to give an additional
proposal indicating
their requirements for implementing the schemes which havefor the XI
Plan, the Universities are requested to give an additional proposal
indicating
their requirements for implementing the schemes which have been merged with the
development grants in the beginning itself . Allocation for these
schemes would be done,
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