The Human resource minister , Kapil Sibal's new initiative of improving the access to education to the indian massess is now generating considerable debate and discussion in the area of education , which no doubt requires the much needed attention from the government both in the form of monetary as well as political . some of the basic recommendations given by the yash pal report (under the leadership of MIT trained Physicst prof.Yashpal ) include :
Yashpal Committee Report
- Srcaping of Bodies such as UGC,AICTE with a statuatory regulatory body called the "Nation commission for higher education and research (NCHER) "
- Regulating the mushrooming of management and engineering colleges, which have become centres of profit making in market economy and to an extent , providers of poor quality education
- Creating an environment in universities , which favours joy of teaching and research and potentially alligning university reserach programs with National research centres of ISRO and CSIR.
- Identifying atleast 1500 top colleges to make them potential universities with full fledged government support , so that these 1500 may will grow and help other colleges with smart infrastructures to grow as colleges of excellence.
- Making the IITs,IIMs and NITs to diversify to innovative programs in social sciences and humanities
- and then, there is a talk of allowing FDI in education by judging the pros and cons and also recognition for certifications provided by private colleges with in India.
- Scrapping of Board tenth exams
- Common national syllabus across higher education which encompasses state universities and high schools
- A single point of contact (SPOC ) responsible solely for conducting examinations, which can keep the universities to focus on core areas of research and teaching
Yashpal Committee Report
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