Planning Board of the Commission on Higher Education and Technology (H & TE) for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), presented a strong case for UGC to adopt a flexible approach to school funding that have better jobs, regardless of the status of their membership temporarily or permanently, with the university.

Compared to current standards, extends the UGC grants only to those colleges that fall under Article 2 (f) and 12 (b) of the UGC Act, 1956. § 2 (f) defines a recognized university, while § 12 (b) provides that no subsidy should be extended to a university, unless it has been inspected and deemed appropriate by the UGC for such grants.

57-member steering group led by H & T plan to a panel member Narendra Jadhav, was founded in April of this year, Ministry of Human Resource Development for assistance in formulating the 12th Five Year Plan. The Committee is composed of, among other things, top researchers, academics, bureaucrats, industry and corporate honchos, and administrators.

Gajanan Ekbote professor, who heads the Progressive Education Society and Symbiosis International University Bhushan Patwardhan Rector were among the influential members of the city on the committee.

On 24 October, the day on which the Committee received a report that today the project of the municipality, and later the Union Government for final approval. The report has a complete view of the necessary reforms, the sector H & T in terms of improved governance, and quality standards, expansion, etc.

Patwardhan said: "In all, five working groups established by the steering committee for the preparation of the strategy of the Plan 12 for H & TE in the form of higher education, technical education, private sector participation in higher education, the development of human resources in science and technology and the use of Indian languages ​​in education. "

Additional seven sub-groups focusing on issues such as the development of new central institutions, the strengthening of the gross enrollment ratio (GER), which refers to the percentage of the population in this age group of 18-24 for go to higher education: Strategies for state funding and university colleges, financial support for students, job opportunities and community involvement, he said.

With reference to the statistical report of the Committee, Ekbote said, "India GER is 13.58%, which is well below the average of 21% Asian and 50%, and the United States and European countries. The country's expenditure on education is 3.58% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is much less than 6% of the expenditure recommended by the Kothari Commission. within 3.58%, just 0.7% for H & T, and 0.8 % in research and development (R & D). The goal is to increase this spending by 1.5% H & T, and 2% of R & D, as well as improve the GER of 15% by 2015 and 30% by 2020. "

According to Ekbote, the Board has made a string of recommendations based on SWAT analysis of the current status of H & T in the country. "Some of these are part of the Rashtriya Shiksha Abhiyan Uchch (Rusa). This includes the upgradation of the autonomous university with a" college with potential for Excellence "(CPE) status and naach" "designed for educational institutions to the institutions of university level to promote education from universities and night schools, the integrated use of UG / PG programs to improve the suction capacity of existing universities and schools to develop a group of universities, a group of 10-odd universities and colleges are promoting a non-profit public-private partnership (PPP-N) projects in the field of higher education, "he said.

Source: TOI