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- PC : The Financial Express
In a bid provide a new regulatory structure for enabling higher educational institutions (HEIs) to create place of world class teaching and research, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is all set to declare 20 select places of learning in the country as Institutions of Eminence (IoE).
While the UGC is preparing the final draft for creating 20 world-class universities, the proposal is likely to go to Cabinet soon.
It is learnt that the government IoE will be free to admit extra foreign students. The institutions will also be free to offer new courses.
Highlights
The Institutions of Eminence shall have complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus.
The government has been focussing on creating 20 world class institutions.
About UGC
The UGC has the unique distinction of being the only grant-giving agency in the country which has been vested with two responsibilities: that of providing funds and that of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions of higher education.
The UGC's mandate includes:
Promoting and coordinating university education.
Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities.
Framing regulations on minimum standards of education.
Monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education; disbursing grants to the universities and colleges.
Serving as a vital link between the Union and state governments and institutions of higher learning.
Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for improvement of university education.
