NEW DELHI: The HRD Ministry on Thursday extended the cut-off date for receiving feedback and proposals from stakeholders on scrapping of the UGC and draft bill for changing it with the Higher Education Commission for India.
The decision to extend the cut-off date was taken following representations from quite a lot of quarters.
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar as of late announced at a press convention concerning the cut-off date extension until July 20.
The HRD Ministry had remaining week announced its decision to exchange the UGC with the HECI by repealing the UGC Act, 1951.
According to the draft, which has been placed in public domain by the ministry to hunt feedback from the stakeholders, the brand new fee will solely center of attention on academic matters and financial grants could be under the purview of the ministry.
Less govt and more governance, separation of grant-related functions, finish of inspection raj, powers to put in force compliance with the academic high quality requirements and to reserve closure of sub-standard and bogus institutions are one of the crucial highlights of the brand new Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018 (Repeal of the University Grants Commission Act).
Javadekar additionally lauded the Union Cabinet's decision yesterday to make bigger the scope of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) by enhancing its capital base to Rs 10,000 crore to satisfy the rising monetary requirements of tutorial infrastructure within the country.
"The landmark decision will give big boost to higher education this year by adding Rs 22,000 crore funding from HEFA, which has also been tasked to mobilize Rs 1 lakh crore for Revitalizing Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022," he said.
The decision to extend the cut-off date was taken following representations from quite a lot of quarters.
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar as of late announced at a press convention concerning the cut-off date extension until July 20.
The HRD Ministry had remaining week announced its decision to exchange the UGC with the HECI by repealing the UGC Act, 1951.
According to the draft, which has been placed in public domain by the ministry to hunt feedback from the stakeholders, the brand new fee will solely center of attention on academic matters and financial grants could be under the purview of the ministry.
Less govt and more governance, separation of grant-related functions, finish of inspection raj, powers to put in force compliance with the academic high quality requirements and to reserve closure of sub-standard and bogus institutions are one of the crucial highlights of the brand new Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018 (Repeal of the University Grants Commission Act).
Javadekar additionally lauded the Union Cabinet's decision yesterday to make bigger the scope of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) by enhancing its capital base to Rs 10,000 crore to satisfy the rising monetary requirements of tutorial infrastructure within the country.
"The landmark decision will give big boost to higher education this year by adding Rs 22,000 crore funding from HEFA, which has also been tasked to mobilize Rs 1 lakh crore for Revitalizing Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022," he said.
Scrapping UGC: Govt extends deadline for receiving feedback till July 20
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