Aligarh College of Education
Workshop
on
Higher Education:
Inclusive and Qualitative
20th October, 2012
ACE Conference Hall
Mohammad Muqim
UGC’s
12th Five Year Plan, 2012-17
and Policies of Inclusiveness
Background
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A reform initiative
National Sample Survey (NSS)
The Challenge of rising number
Social Inequalities
Issue of quality of teaching-learning
Reform began in 12th FYP
12th FYP: The Originators
Department of Higher Education (Ministry of
Human Resource Development
 Planning Commission, Govt. of India
 National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India
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Committee for 12th FYP:
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Prof. Ved Prakash
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Prof. S.P. Thyagarajan
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Prof. Furqan Qamar
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Prof. Ravi Srivastava
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Prof. A.K. Sharma
Basic Reference Documents
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Report of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), 20062009
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Report of the Committee to Advise on Renovation and
Rejuvenation of Higher Education, 2008
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Report of NSS 61st and 64th Rounds, 2007-08
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Higher Education in India, UGC, 2008
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Annual Report of the UGC, 2009-10
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Report of the Task force on ACCESS, EQUITY & QUALITY, 2011,
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government
of India (GOI)
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Report of the UGC-Affiliation Reforms Committee, 2011
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Approach to the 12th FYP - Policy Document of the Planning
Commission, Government of India
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Approach Paper on Higher Education for the 12th FYP, UGC,
2011.
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Proceedings of the Conference of the Vice-Chancellors of Central
and State Universities, 2011
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Report of the UGC Committee to Review the Existing Schemes
for Enhancing Participation of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in
Higher Education, 2011
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Report of the UGC Committee to Review the Existing Schemes
for Enhancing the Participation of the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in
Higher Education, 2011
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Report of the UGC committee to Review the Existing Schemes
for Enhancing the Participation of Minorities in Higher
education, 2011
List of Abbreviation
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AC & EC
AICTE
API
ASC
ASIST
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ASIHSS
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CAS
CBCS
CDC
CEC
CEDC
CPE
CTE
DEC
DHEI
DIET
DISE
EBD
EER
EHEI
Academic Council and Executive Council
All India Council for Technical Education
Academic Performance Indicator
Academic Staff College
Assistance for Strengthening Infrastructure in Science and
Technology
Assistance for Strengthening Infrastructure in Humanities and Social
Sciences
Centres for Advanced Studies
Choice-based Credit System
College Development Council
Consortium for Educational Communication
Community Education Development Cell
Colleges with Potential for Excellence
College of Teacher Education
Distance Education Council
Diversity in Higher Education Index
District Institute of Education and Training
District Information System for Education
Educationally Backward District
Eligible Enrolment Rate
Equity in Higher Education Index
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ENCORE
EOC
FDC
FDP
FYP
GER
GoI
IASE
ICT
IIIT
IL&FS
IISER
IIM
IIT
IMF
IQAC
IPR
ISEC
IT
ITI
IUC
JIPMER
Enhance Scholarly Faculty Resources
Establishment of Equal Opportunity Cell
Faculty Development Centre
Faculty Development Programme
Five-Year Plan
Gross Enrolment Ratio
Government of India
Institute of Advanced Study in Education
Information and Communication Technology
Indian Institute of Information Technology
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Indian Institute of Management
Indian Institute of Technology
Instrumentation Maintenance Facility
Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Intellectual Property Rights
International Standards for Educational Classification
Information Technology
Industrial Training Institute
Inter-University Centre
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and
Research
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JRF
MIS
MHRD
MoU
MRP
NAAC
NCHER
NCTE
NE
NET
NGO
NIFT
NIT
NKC
NKN
NMC
NMEICT
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NPE
NSS
NSSO
NUEPA
NVEQF
Junior Research Fellowship
Management Information System
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Memoranda of Understanding
Major Research Project
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
National Commission on Higher Education and Research
National Council for Teacher Education
North-Eastern
National Eligibility Test
Non-Government Organization
National Institute of Fashion Technology
National Institute of Technology
National Knowledge Commission
National Knowledge Network
National Monitoring Cell
National Mission in Education through Information and
Communication Technology
National Policy on Education
National Sample Survey
National Sample Survey Organisation
National University of Educational Planning and Administration
National Vocational Education Qualification Framework
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OBC
ODL
PBAS
PIHEAD
PPP
RA
RGIPT
RUSA
SAM
SAP
SC
SCERT
SPA
SSA
ST
UG/PG
UGC
UGC-NRC
USA
Other Backward Classes
Open and Distance Learning
Performance Based Appraisal System
Promotion of Indian Higher Education Abroad
Public Private Partnership
Research Associateship
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Rashtriya Uchch Shiksha Abhiyan
Sensitization / Awareness / Motivation
Special Assistance Programme
Scheduled Caste
State Council of Educational Research and Training
School of Planning and Architecture
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Scheduled Tribe
Undergraduate / Postgraduate
University Grants Commission
UGC Network Resource Centre
United States of America
12th FYP: Principal Objective
This Plan shall focus on utilizing the
historical opportunity for expansion for
deepening excellence and achieving Equal
Access to Quality Higher Education
Quantum Jump: Triple Objectives
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Access and Expansion
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Equity and Inclusion
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Quality and Excellence
12th FYP: Challenges
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Access to Higher Education is still less than the minimum of international threshold
levels.
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Distribution of Institution is direction less
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Enrolment in conventional discipline
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Private self-finance
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Curricular reforms leading to regular revision and upgrading knowledge of teachers.
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Introduction of semester system and choice based credit system.
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Institution perform poorly in the area of quality on relative global scale with the
exception of few.
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Example : List of 200 Universities
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Reform in examination system
Strategies:
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Achieving higher access through better utilization of existing
infrastructure (50% intake increase), upgrading and creating new
institution to meet the objective of regional equity.
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a. Upgrading of autonomous college and colleges of potential for
excellence through NAAC
b. Promoting evening University/colleges
c. Integrated undergraduate / postgraduate programme.
d. Enhancing intake capacity in existing institution
e. Developing College cluster universities regionally
f. Meta University complexes in Association with public / private
sector on an industry academic mode.
3. Strategy for promoting equity at all level in all braches of higher
education
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Financial support
Remedial / Intervention program to socially deprived, Muslim women.
4. Schemes for reducing regional / disciplinary / gender imbalances through
a. 1000 polytechnics
b. 374 Model colleges in low GER
c. 800 college with 40 central university
d. 20 Exclusive universities for women
5. Financial support to Girls of SC/ST, Muslim, OBC for
a. professional
b. Technical education that includes scholarship, transport, rent, book bank and feeplus – scholarship.
6. To retain students from deprived group, post doctoral scholarship be enhanced.
7. Strengthening of infrastructure to provide access and retention of women.
8. Equal opportunity cell
9. Monitoring agency for deprived section.
10. Promoting of Quality: Focus on
a. Performance
b. Curricular Reform
c. Better human resource management
d. High quality research
e. Technology assisted monitoring system
f. Science, Technology in cutting edge areas.
g. Inter-University centre
11. To improve shortage of faculty: Qualification, procedural
12. Faculty talent promotion schemes
13. Leadership Development in Institution and Management program
14. Curricular and academic reforms
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Student choice
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Technology assisted participatory teaching-learning processes
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Feedback based holistic examination/evaluation system.
15. Minimizing the affiliated burden of existing universities
16. Promoting private sector participation
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PPP
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Multi Colleges University
17. Promoting skill-based education
18. Reform in financing system
19. Speedy Implementation of 12th FYP Priorities
20. greater autonomy and operational flexibility
21. State councils of Higher Education
22. Introducing a new educational management system for end-users.
23. Scheme of sharing affiliated colleges burden
24. The overall projected budget – Rs. 1,84,740 crores.
PRESENT SCENARIO
1. Trends in the Growth of Higher Education
Number, Nature and Category of Institutions
State-wise Number of Universities listed by the UGC
Colleges Recognized by the UGC for Financial Assistance
Region-wise Distribution of Colleges
All India Growth of Student Enrolment: 1984-85 to 2009-10
Statewise Student Enrolment in Universities & Colleges: 2009-10
Statewise Student Enrolment in University Teaching
Department & Affiliated Colleges* Enrolment in 2009-10
Student Enrolment: Level-wise: 2009-10
Student Enrolment: Faculty-wise*: 2009-10
State-wise Number of University Colleges and
Affiliated Colleges: 2009-10
Distribution of the Teaching Staff by Designation: 2009-10
M. Phil & Ph.D. Degrees Awarded in 2008-09
GER in Higher Education
Enrolment and GER (18-22 Years)
GER (18-22 Years) in Rural and Urban Areas
Enhancing Quality and Excellence in
Higher Education
The Issues
 Majority of Colleges fail to inculcate quality education
 Medium of education, Hindi/regional languages
 Non-availability of quality text books
 No research orientation at college level
 Frontier of knowledge be enhanced
 No Articulation of internationalization of higher education
 Global plateform for knowledge seekers
 Global north vs Global south, Global west vs Global east
a. Reform Agenda (Academic, administrative, curricula and pedagogy)
i. Teaching & Learning
ii. Discovery and innovation
iii. Engagement with social concern
b. Structural and System Reforms
i. Robust Policies
ii. Pragmatic Program
iii. Good Governance
c. Academic Reform
i. Semester System
ii. Grading System
iii. Choice-based credit system
d. Generating Knowledge Society
i. Learner perspective
ii. Satisfaction of National and International demand
iii. Knowledge sharing and participation
e. Preserving the character of a University
i. Uni-disciplinary University
ii. Multi-disciplinary University
iii. Mandatory accreditation (1415 accredited out of 31324 colleges
and 75 accredited out of 534 universities)
iv. Accreditation discipline wise vs subject wise
f. Academic Staff College (ASC) Vs. Faculty Development Centre
i. No. of ASC: 66 since 1986 (Refresher course, orientation program)
ii. Increase ASC from 66 to 100
g. Quality faculty
i. Attract good teachers
ii. Faculty mobility
iii. Faculty upgradation
iv. Student teacher ratio
Thanks
Comments invited for improvement to
muqim@yahoo.com, muqim@aligarhcollege.in