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UGC’s 12 th Five Year Plan, 2012-17 and Policies of Inclusiveness

Aligarh College of Education Workshop on Higher Education: Inclusive and Qualitative 20 th October, 2012 ACE Conference Hall Mohammad Muqim. UGC’s 12 th Five Year Plan, 2012-17 and Policies of Inclusiveness. Background A reform initiative National Sample Survey (NSS)

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UGC’s 12 th Five Year Plan, 2012-17 and Policies of Inclusiveness

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  1. Aligarh College of EducationWorkshoponHigher Education: Inclusive and Qualitative20th October, 2012ACE Conference HallMohammad Muqim

  2. UGC’s12th Five Year Plan, 2012-17and Policies of Inclusiveness Background • A reform initiative • National Sample Survey (NSS) • The Challenge of rising number • Social Inequalities • Issue of quality of teaching-learning • Reform began in 12th FYP

  3. 12th FYP: The Originators • Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Human Resource Development • Planning Commission, Govt. of India • National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India Committee for 12th FYP: • Prof. Ved Prakash • Prof. S.P. Thyagarajan • Prof. Furqan Qamar • Prof. Ravi Srivastava • Prof. A.K. Sharma

  4. Basic Reference Documents • Report of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), 2006-2009 • Report of the Committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education, 2008 • Report of NSS 61st and 64th Rounds, 2007-08 • Higher Education in India, UGC, 2008 • Annual Report of the UGC, 2009-10 • Report of the Task force on ACCESS, EQUITY & QUALITY, 2011, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) • Report of the UGC-Affiliation Reforms Committee, 2011 • Approach to the 12th FYP - Policy Document of the Planning Commission, Government of India

  5. Approach Paper on Higher Education for the 12th FYP, UGC, 2011. • Proceedings of the Conference of the Vice-Chancellors of Central and State Universities, 2011 • Report of the UGC Committee to Review the Existing Schemes for Enhancing Participation of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Higher Education, 2011 • Report of the UGC Committee to Review the Existing Schemes for Enhancing the Participation of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Higher Education, 2011 • Report of the UGC committee to Review the Existing Schemes for Enhancing the Participation of Minorities in Higher education, 2011

  6. List of Abbreviation • AC & EC Academic Council and Executive Council • AICTE All India Council for Technical Education • API Academic Performance Indicator • ASC Academic Staff College • ASIST Assistance for Strengthening Infrastructure in Science and Technology • ASIHSS Assistance for Strengthening Infrastructure in Humanities and Social Sciences • CAS Centres for Advanced Studies • CBCS Choice-based Credit System • CDC College Development Council • CEC Consortium for Educational Communication • CEDC Community Education Development Cell • CPE Colleges with Potential for Excellence • CTE College of Teacher Education • DEC Distance Education Council • DHEI Diversity in Higher Education Index • DIET District Institute of Education and Training • DISE District Information System for Education • EBD Educationally Backward District • EER Eligible Enrolment Rate • EHEI Equity in Higher Education Index

  7. ENCORE Enhance Scholarly Faculty Resources • EOC Establishment of Equal Opportunity Cell • FDC Faculty Development Centre • FDP Faculty Development Programme • FYP Five-Year Plan • GER Gross Enrolment Ratio • GoI Government of India • IASE Institute of Advanced Study in Education • ICT Information and Communication Technology • IIIT Indian Institute of Information Technology • IL&FS Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. • IISER Indian Institute of Science Education and Research • IIM Indian Institute of Management • IIT Indian Institute of Technology • IMF Instrumentation Maintenance Facility • IQAC Internal Quality Assurance Cell • IPR Intellectual Property Rights • ISEC International Standards for Educational Classification • IT Information Technology • ITI Industrial Training Institute • IUC Inter-University Centre • JIPMER Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research

  8. JRF Junior Research Fellowship • MIS Management Information System • MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development • MoU Memoranda of Understanding • MRP Major Research Project • NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council • NCHER National Commission on Higher Education and Research • NCTE National Council for Teacher Education • NE North-Eastern • NET National Eligibility Test • NGO Non-Government Organization • NIFT National Institute of Fashion Technology • NIT National Institute of Technology • NKC National Knowledge Commission • NKN National Knowledge Network • NMC National Monitoring Cell • NMEICT National Mission in Education through Information and Communication Technology • NPE National Policy on Education • NSS National Sample Survey • NSSO National Sample Survey Organisation • NUEPA National University of Educational Planning and Administration • NVEQF National Vocational Education Qualification Framework

  9. OBC Other Backward Classes • ODL Open and Distance Learning • PBAS Performance Based Appraisal System • PIHEAD Promotion of Indian Higher Education Abroad • PPP Public Private Partnership • RA Research Associateship • RGIPT Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology • RUSA Rashtriya Uchch Shiksha Abhiyan • SAM Sensitization / Awareness / Motivation • SAP Special Assistance Programme • SC Scheduled Caste • SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training • SPA School of Planning and Architecture • SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan • ST Scheduled Tribe • UG/PG Undergraduate / Postgraduate • UGC University Grants Commission • UGC-NRC UGC Network Resource Centre • USA United States of America

  10. 12th FYP: Principal Objective This Plan shall focus on utilizing the historical opportunity for expansion for deepening excellence and achieving Equal Access to Quality Higher Education Quantum Jump: Triple Objectives • Access and Expansion • Equity and Inclusion • Quality and Excellence

  11. 12th FYP: Challenges • Access to Higher Education is still less than the minimum of international threshold levels. • Distribution of Institution is direction less • Enrolment in conventional discipline • Private self-finance • Curricular reforms leading to regular revision and upgrading knowledge of teachers. • Introduction of semester system and choice based credit system. • Institution perform poorly in the area of quality on relative global scale with the exception of few. • Example : List of 200 Universities • Reform in examination system

  12. Strategies: • Achieving higher access through better utilization of existing infrastructure (50% intake increase), upgrading and creating new institution to meet the objective of regional equity. • a. Upgrading of autonomous college and colleges of potential for excellence through NAAC b. Promoting evening University/colleges c. Integrated undergraduate / postgraduate programme. d. Enhancing intake capacity in existing institution e. Developing College cluster universities regionally f. Meta University complexes in Association with public / private sector on an industry academic mode. 3. Strategy for promoting equity at all level in all braches of higher education • Financial support • Remedial / Intervention program to socially deprived, Muslim women.

  13. 4. Schemes for reducing regional / disciplinary / gender imbalances through • 1000 polytechnics • 374 Model colleges in low GER • 800 college with 40 central university • 20 Exclusive universities for women • 5. Financial support to Girls of SC/ST, Muslim, OBC for • professional • Technical education that includes scholarship, transport, rent, book bank and fee-plus – scholarship. • 6. To retain students from deprived group, post doctoral scholarship be enhanced. • 7. Strengthening of infrastructure to provide access and retention of women. • 8. Equal opportunity cell • 9. Monitoring agency for deprived section. • 10. Promoting of Quality: Focus on • Performance • Curricular Reform • Better human resource management • High quality research • Technology assisted monitoring system • Science, Technology in cutting edge areas. • Inter-University centre • University housed networking centre to provide international quality support.

  14. 11. To improve shortage of faculty: Qualification, procedural 12. Faculty talent promotion schemes 13. Leadership Development in Institution and Management program 14. Curricular and academic reforms • Student choice • Technology assisted participatory teaching-learning processes • Feedback based holistic examination/evaluation system. 15. Minimizing the affiliated burden of existing universities 16. Promoting private sector participation • PPP • Multi Colleges University 17. Promoting skill-based education 18. Reform in financing system 19. Speedy Implementation of 12th FYP Priorities 20. greater autonomy and operational flexibility 21. State councils of Higher Education 22. Introducing a new educational management system for end-users. 23. Scheme of sharing affiliated colleges burden 24. The overall projected budget – Rs. 1,84,740 crores.

  15. PRESENT SCENARIO 1. Trends in the Growth of Higher Education Number, Nature and Category of Institutions

  16. State-wise Number of Universities listed by the UGC

  17. Colleges Recognized by the UGC for Financial Assistance Region-wise Distribution of Colleges

  18. All India Growth of Student Enrolment: 1984-85 to 2009-10

  19. Statewise Student Enrolment in Universities & Colleges: 2009-10

  20. Statewise Student Enrolment in University TeachingDepartment & Affiliated Colleges* Enrolment in 2009-10

  21. Student Enrolment: Level-wise: 2009-10

  22. Student Enrolment: Faculty-wise*: 2009-10

  23. State-wise Number of University Colleges andAffiliated Colleges: 2009-10

  24. Distribution of the Teaching Staff by Designation: 2009-10

  25. M. Phil & Ph.D. Degrees Awarded in 2008-09

  26. GER in Higher Education Enrolment and GER (18-22 Years)

  27. GER (18-22 Years) in Rural and Urban Areas

  28. Enhancing Quality and Excellence inHigher Education The Issues • Majority of Colleges fail to inculcate quality education • Medium of education, Hindi/regional languages • Non-availability of quality text books • No research orientation at college level • Frontier of knowledge be enhanced • No Articulation of internationalization of higher education • Global plateform for knowledge seekers • Global north vs Global south, Global west vs Global east a. Reform Agenda (Academic, administrative, curricula and pedagogy) i. Teaching & Learning ii. Discovery and innovation iii. Engagement with social concern b. Structural and System Reforms i. Robust Policies ii. Pragmatic Program iii. Good Governance c. Academic Reform i. Semester System ii. Grading System iii. Choice-based credit system iv. Transfer of credits

  29. d. Generating Knowledge Society i. Learner perspective ii. Satisfaction of National and International demand iii. Knowledge sharing and participation e. Preserving the character of a University i. Uni-disciplinary University ii. Multi-disciplinary University iii. Mandatory accreditation (1415 accredited out of 31324 colleges and 75 accredited out of 534 universities) iv. Accreditation discipline wise vs subject wise f. Academic Staff College (ASC) Vs. Faculty Development Centre i. No. of ASC: 66 since 1986 (Refresher course, orientation program) ii. Increase ASC from 66 to 100 g. Quality faculty i. Attract good teachers ii. Faculty mobility iii. Faculty upgradation iv. Student teacher ratio

  30. ThanksComments invited for improvement to muqim@yahoo.com, muqim@aligarhcollege.in

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