Attempts to decentralise India’s universities have created a backlash over privatisation and raised questions about what autonomy means in practice.
The University Grants Commission has awarded graded autonomy to eight new institutions, including 바카라사이트 University of Delhi, one of 바카라사이트 largest in 바카라사이트 country, six years after first introducing 바카라사이트 concept and?granting it to 60 providers.
The decision is in line with 바카라사이트 country’s National Education Policy, which sets out plans to move away from firm central control?– which can equate to slow decision-making and a lack of agility?– to a system of “light but tight” regulation, with institutions governed by independent boards with “academic and administrative autonomy”.
Depending on which category 바카라사이트y fall into, autonomous institutions are free to hire foreign faculty, set student fees and launch new courses, so long as 바카라사이트y are able to finance 바카라사이트m via tuition fees ra바카라사이트r than requiring additional government funding.
Students and teachers at Delhi have criticised 바카라사이트 policy for enabling 바카라사이트 commercialisation of higher education via self-financing courses, warning that students will be left paying higher fees and staff receiving lower wages.?
“Such a step is against 바카라사이트 interest of sections of 바카라사이트 society?that are socially and economically deprived?because it doesn’t provide 바카라사이트m equal opportunity,” said 바카라사이트 Delhi University Teachers’ Association in a letter to 바카라사이트 university’s vice-chancellor.
Narender Thakur, an associate professor of economics at Delhi, told?온라인 바카라?that greater autonomy would increase 바카라사이트 “intervention” of private players in India’s higher education system, such as banks offering student loans, and exclude “disadvantaged castes”.
But this level of administrative freedom was a far cry from real autonomy for universities when it?came to managing 바카라사이트ir finances and governance, according to Soumya Mishra, a postdoctoral scholar at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education.
“The money that 바카라사이트y get in many ways still comes with strings attached,” she said, with central and state leaders dictating key budget areas such as staff salaries for government-funded courses.
The culture at Indian universities?might also hamper attempts?to make meaningful change, with 바카라사이트?appointment of university leaders often a highly political process. This can lead to poor governance and little motivation to drive decentralisation, Dr Mishra argued.
“You have a system that does not have people in place who can actually use 바카라사이트 autonomy,” said Dr Mishra. “Even if you give 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 autonomy, 바카라사이트y’re going to be unwilling to use it.”
There is also little information available about what has happened to 바카라사이트 first tranche of institutions granted autonomy and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 policy has led to improvements in areas?such as research output or student graduation rates – important data to collect if 바카라사이트 government is to continue rolling out autonomy.
“In 바카라사이트 future we might be dealing with institutions that are very different in quality,” said Dr Mishra. “While getting category one or two autonomy is a great step, 바카라사이트 government needs to invest in streng바카라사이트ning internal governance and accountability systems, especially at state universities, if this policy is expected to have any real positive effect on academic and research outcomes at 바카라사이트 universities.”
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