Better monitoring needed for higher education: survey
NEW DELHI: To make the country's higher education sector globally competitive, a majority of students, parents and educators have favoured ushering in a slew of reforms like stricter monitoring for institutes in the sector and simplifying current accredi tation policies.
As many as 70 per cent students of private Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) have sought the government intervention in monitoring and accreditation of such institutes, according to a survey by industry chamber FICCI.
The survey interviewed 4,000 stakeholders including students, parents, faculty, recruiters and promoters across 11 cities countrywide.
Respondents were of the view that since the government is not effectively monitoring private higher education institutes they do not meet adequate quality standards.
Fifty-five per cent students interviewed said they felt such institutions charged exorbitant fees and 50 per cent said they selected courses based on employment potential, which the report said reflected a "negative impact on the research contributions a t the HEIs". Meanwhile, promoters of such institutes supported a single window approval system, which they said would remove prevalent confusion due to multiplicity of regulating agencies such as UGC, AICTE and MCI.
Source: The Hindu Business Line More