the HRD ministry has also set up a committee for AICTE restructuring
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani addresses the conference of Private Sector Corporate Heads on use of Corporate Social Responsibility Funds for construction of school toilets, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: Putting in motion an initiative to overhaul the education sector, the NDA government is planning to reform regulatory bodies like the University Grants Commission, AICTE and NCTE that govern higher education.
“I am happy to share with you, be it UGC, AICTE or the National Council for Teachers Education that India needs to redefine its destiny, by redefining how we manage education,” HRD minister Smriti Irani said here on Thursday.
“We have undertaken review of most of our regulatory bodies, We can design a path forward which takes cognisance of the needs of the future,” she said at a Higher Education Summit. The HRD ministry has set up separate committees to review and restructure the functioning of UGC, AICTE and NCTE.
“There are many who see education in India as a challenge. I look upon it as an opportunity to redefine India’s destiny,” the minister added.
The human resource development ministry has set up a panel to restructure UGC, governing higher education in the country. Apart from the UGC restructuring panel, the HRD ministry has also set up a committee for AICTE restructuring.
The panel has been mandated to look into revamping of the grant distribution function of AICTE for timely utilisation of funds and measures for enhancing quality research in technical education.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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