A vital conclave
EDUCATION MINISTERS of 25 States deliberated for two days in Bangalore on three key issues — admissions and fixation of tuition fees for professional education; regulation of private universities; and entry of foreign universities in India.
While the broad consensus was to bring in Central legislation for admissions and fixation of tuition fees and also on private universities, the two-day conclave set up a high-level committee headed by scientist C.N.R. Rao to look into the issue of entry of foreign universities. The committee is expected to submit its report by April 15.
The Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh who chaired the sessions, said that there was a consensus among the Ministers to regulate admissions and fee structure in self-financing professional institutions and the need for a Central legislation. Efforts would be made in association with the State Governments to draw a framework for legislation, though no time frame was given for the same. The intention of the Government was to introduce the legislation as early as possible as to be in place for the coming academic year.
The conclave sought from the Ministers of all the States a perspective plan for development of technical education, so that equitable and spatial growth of institutions in the country with emphasis on quality was enabled. The States were also requested to move towards a system of common entrance tests (CET). For management quota seats, it said, admission could be based on the CET or Plus Two science merit. The entrance test had to be based on Plus Two science curriculum to eliminate the need for extra coaching.
It was also said that the issue of allowing due weightage to Plus Two examination result in addition to CET ranking had to be examined.
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