Jammu– The College Grants Fee (UGC) doesn’t wish to be a regulator however a facilitator and rework the upper schooling sector, its chairman Jagadesh Kumar mentioned right here on Friday.
The UGC Chief mentioned that seven occasions extra college students appeared from Jammu and Kashmir final yr within the Widespread College Entrance Check-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) to get admission in the most effective of universities throughout the nation.
He mentioned the problems confronted by candidates within the earlier version shall be addressed this yr.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had final yr raised the problem of lack of CUET examination centres in Jammu and Kashmir with the Union Schooling minister Dharmendra Pradhan, saying numerous candidates had been allotted centres which had been over 300 kms away.
“UGC doesn’t wish to be a regulator however a facilitator and work with the stakeholders to deliver transformation in greater schooling with the implementation of the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) which was introduced in 2020,” Kumar instructed reporters on the sidelines of the nationwide convention on NEP at Indian Institute of Administration right here.
The convention was held to deliberate on the implementation of the Nationwide Schooling Coverage in greater schooling institutes in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
On the previous issues with the CUET, Kumar mentioned, “There have been some points confronted by the scholars and people have been addressed. Final yr, it was a computer-based take a look at however now we’re introducing OMR and the CEUT shall be performed in hybrid mode so that faculties and faculties are used as centres and our college students get a possibility to look within the examination close by.”
Earlier, admissions in universities had been based mostly on board marks and that put numerous stress on the scholars, he mentioned. “That stress degree has gone down with the introduction of CUET and all the scholars are getting a level-playing discipline. CUET has introduced full transformation and strengthened nationwide integration.”
The UGC chairman additionally batted for appointment of ombudsman in universities and schools, in addition to grievance redressal committees, to deal with the scholars’ issues.
Greater than 400 teachers and policymakers, together with vice chancellors, deans, principals and heads of departments from greater academic establishments, attended the convention.
The contributors, divided in teams of 10, engaged in periods to deliberate on particular areas of focus for the implementation of NEP 2020.
Kumar mentioned at the least 78 universities shall be lined below centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) for infrastructural upgradation.
He mentioned that UGC has introduced a number of reforms with the launch of NEP.
“The NEP will open up numerous alternatives for our younger folks and assist them in turning into entrepreneurs and excel within the career of their alternative as a result of NEP focuses on offering multidisciplinary and holistic schooling, offering alternatives to college students to amass data by way of experiential studying. It additionally talks about capability constructing of our academics,” the UGC chairman mentioned.
Kumar mentioned the Central Board of Faculty Schooling can also be introducing reforms by introducing vocational coaching, the primary part of which can cowl class 9 to 12 adopted by a second part overlaying class 6 and above.
“We’re working with the election fee to extend the attention among the many college students about their constitutional obligations by popping out to vote.
“Equally, the parliament launched new (prison) legal guidelines based mostly on our personal Indian ethos, we despatched out circulars and knowledge to deliver consciousness among the many college students about these legal guidelines,” he mentioned.
Admitting it’s powerful to implement any coverage in one-go, he mentioned, “there’s numerous range in our schooling system as many establishments are situated in rural and distant areas the place they’re going through issues of their very own. Some establishments do take time however now we have to sit down and talk about the issues with them and attempt to clear up these issues for higher outcomes.”
Requested about modifications after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 that granted particular standing to J&Ok, he mentioned the main target is on books, laptops and sprucing inventive minds in order that the nation will be “absolutely developed by 2047.”
“Trying from the angle of schooling in J&Ok, now the alternatives are rising and the scholars are exploring greater schooling exterior the union territory,” he added.
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