Government Allays Fears Over Education Bill
23 December 2010

The purpose of the Bill is to have a transparent and accountable education system


Allaying fears of private educational institutions over the proposed Education Tribunal Bill, Higher Education Secretary Vibha Puri Das Wednesday clarified that the legislation does not aim to bring more government control over education.

"The purpose of the new legislation (Education Tribunal Bill) is not for the government to be a regulator, but to have a transparent and accountable education system," she said.

The bill proposes to set up a two-tier tribunal to hear the cases of education institutions. However, private institutions criticise the plan, saying that it will only lead to enhanced government control over them.

The secretary made it clear that private institutions should not be working for profit alone.

"Profit should not be the sole aim of educational institutions in a developing country like ours. It is fine if they make profit and put it back into the system. But profit should not be the only aim," Das said.

"Students should not be denied access to higher education just because it is expensive," she added.

 

Source: igovernment




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Anonymous Sat, 2010-12-25 00:18

It is sad that we try and see all institutions run by private bodies with a jaundice eye. These people who talk of government and university control forget to see how both the institutions have failed to bring in quality in the system. Not only the corruption at different levels of the government controlled institutions has been multiplying, the university system in most of the universities is getting rotten day by day. Which average indian can get access to IITs and IIMs? What is the cost of education here?. What is the public money spent on these institutions? Why don't we move forward and bring in competition and better players in education. Some retired professors, vice chancellors would like to have their life moving by some how getting into university, UGC, and other bodies for their selfish ends. To day the number of engineers and doctors who are gainfully employed through out the world in large numbers is not through few govt controlled universities and colleges but through many world class private institutions that have come up. If there are black sheep among them it is again because og corrupt regulatory bodies and the members of the inspection teams sent by them.

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Anonymous (not verified)
Regulation by the government
It is sad that we try and see all institutions run by private bodies with a jaundice eye. These people who talk of government and university control forget to see how both the institutions have failed to bring in quality in the system. Not only the corruption at different levels of the government controlled institutions has been multiplying, the university system in most of the universities is getting rotten day by day. Which average indian can get access to IITs and IIMs? What is the cost of education here?. What is the public money spent on these institutions? Why don't we move forward and bring in competition and better players in education. Some retired professors, vice chancellors would like to have their life moving by some how getting into university, UGC, and other bodies for their selfish ends. To day the number of engineers and doctors who are gainfully employed through out the world in large numbers is not through few govt controlled universities and colleges but through many world class private institutions that have come up. If there are black sheep among them it is again because og corrupt regulatory bodies and the members of the inspection teams sent by them.
Dr. M. P. Jakhanwal (not verified)
proposed Education Bill
Dear Sir, I feel that in the present scenario of higher education especially Technical Education in which the people of the country have high stakes in the form of heavy fees and quality education to their children being imparted by private institutions need urgent review. Being an Former Principal of a Govt. institute and the Director(Admin) of a good Private institute controlling 4 institutes at a time and also being Ex-Dean(Faculty of Engineering)of an university I propose the following immediate steps which may be incorporated in the bill for controlling the quality 1.The service conditions such as appointment, salary and removal of Directors, HOD'S, Dean & Registrar of Private institutions should be regulated by the University and they should be made free from the clutches of the promoters. 2.The faculty at grass root level of teaching should be directly made responsible to submit the internal marks of students to the university and no higher authority should be allowed to interfere in this matter. This will give better control of teachers over the students and will stop the special treatment being given to the Management Quota students, which is the root cause of so many ills in the system of privately managed institutes.

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