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Plan Panel Proposes Common Entrance Test To UniversitiesBy Sumit Kumar, Section Education
Concerned over the low and grossly inadequate enrolment in higher education, which has proved to be a major obstacle in operating in the knowledge economy, Planning Commission has come out with an ambitious plan to restructure and reform the country's higher education sector.
The focus will be on access, equity and quality and would require funding of Rs 1,31,022 crore during the XI plan period (2007-12), an additional funding of Rs 98,602 crore. The plan panel's proposal, which has been finalised after consultations with UGC chairman and education secretary, proposes a common entrance examination for all central universities to begin with and a uniform system of semesters and grades so that students can move easily between institutions. "Our students are under great stress. We, therefore, think that there should be a common test for all central universities. JNU already has such a test but it is for the post-graduate level only," said deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. However, HRD ministry is sceptical of the common entrance test. It is being argued that unlike JNU, many central universities like Delhi University have affiliated autonomous colleges. These colleges have their own standards and would not like to forego it. Click on "Full Story" for more...
When it comes to enrolments, India is way behind other countries at 10% while China is at 21%. According to estimates, developed countries have 54.6% enrolment and world average is 36.5%.
On Thursday, the plan panel made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which highlighted that if business is as usual, the enrolment will increase to only 12% by 2011-12. The plan panel is of the view that government should aim to increase the enrolment rate to 15% by 2014 and 21% by 2020. For this, the capacity must be increased to accommodate 60 lakh additional students by the end of XI plan. Under the plan to revamp higher education, government aims to set up 30 new central universities, including 16 in uncovered states, and 14 worldclass universities. The plan, charted out after consultations with UGC and HRD ministry, focuses on establishing 370 new colleges in low enrolment districts and proposes to launch a centrally sponsored scheme to strengthen state universities and around 6,000 colleges. From: TOI, July-07,07
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