Vice chancellors work under huge pressure: AIU secretary general
NAGPUR: Secretary general of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) ADN Bajpayee on Saturday expressed serious concern over host ofproblems faced by the vice-chancellors in recent times all over the country.
He was speaking to TOI during his visit to the city regarding 27th Inter-university National Youth Festival (Unifest) which would be inaugurated on Sunday at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall at 11am. AIU chairman Pankaj Chande would grace the occasion.
Deliberating on the issue, Bajpayee said VC is a chief executive officer (CEO) of the university and his vision should be turned into reality. "But they are in the dicey situation and their voice is not listened to properly. They remain in a catch-22 situation and AIU is helping them in this aspect by regularly organizing their meetings and trying to resolve certain issues," he said.
The secretary general pointed out that increasing number of affiliated colleges, just like Nagpur University which is having highest number of colleges in Maharashtra with over 800, was another area of concern for the VCs. "They've to deal with host of problems," he said.
Speaking on quality of higher education, Bajpayee admitted that it is a major concern and AIU is working in this direction. "We had discussed about introducing public-private partnership (PPP) model in the education and also trying to bring uniformity in the teaching and exam patterns all over the country. We also helped the government in drafting bill regarding reforms in education," he said, adding that bills like foreign direct investment (FDI) in higher education, education tribunal bill and national academic deposit bill were pending.
He informed that the UGC had sought Rs1,18,644 crore funds from the government under 12th five year plan for improving quality of higher education in the country.
On huge vacancy of qualified lecturers which is plaguing the higher education sector in India, the vice-chancellor of Himachal University stated that though the jurisdiction lies with the respective state governments, the vacancies must be filled up to maintain academic standards.
Explaining the role of AIU, Bajpayee said that they generally provide equivalence between the universities in India and abroad as well. "AIU is world's oldest organization of its kind established in 1925 in Shimla by then viceroy Lord Reading. The basic concept was to have interuniversity board for India, Burma ( Myanmar) and Ceylon ( Sri Lanka)."
He concluded by stating that AIU actively participates in deciding contents of courses, traditional knowledge system, pattern of syllabus, UGC norms, conduct of examination, and timely declaration of results, and guide the universities.
Saturday 7 January 2012
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