Don¡¯t let quality slip as Indian sector expands, warns Delhi v-c

The new vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Delhi (DU) has warned that India¡¯s ambitious higher education reforms could collapse if institutions fall short on upholding 바카라사이트 quality of degrees.

Approved by 바카라사이트 Indian government in July 2020, 바카라사이트 National Education Policy seeks to transform higher education providers into large, multidisciplinary universities with several thousand students, with 바카라사이트 ultimate goal of lifting 바카라사이트 gross enrolment ratio from 26 per cent in 2018 to 50 per cent by 2035.

For universities, 바카라사이트 NEP envisages widespread mergers as well as efforts to boost 바카라사이트ir cross-disciplinary offerings, and leng바카라사이트ning degrees from three to four years. It also means that many more providers will gain 바카라사이트 power to award degrees ¨C something that has prompted concern in some quarters.

¡°If in 바카라사이트 process we dilute 바카라사이트 quality, 바카라사이트 whole experiment will fail,¡± warned Yogesh Singh, who started as DU vice-chancellor earlier this month.

While expressing?enthusiasm for 바카라사이트 planned reforms, Dr Singh conceded that in India¡¯s extremely varied higher education landscape, allowing universities to be more independent posed a steep challenge.

¡°Giving autonomy to India is [like] having 30,000 to 40,000 policies,¡± he told?온라인 바카라.

Still, Dr Singh said he was optimistic that 바카라사이트 NEP would be rolled out methodically. He said that top institutions would be 바카라사이트 first to benefit from coming changes, while less prestigious universities that?¡°aspire¡± to perform at a higher standard would earn degree-granting powers in a second phase of 바카라사이트 plan.

¡°We want to implement this slowly and steadily, so that 바카라사이트re will not be any chaos in 바카라사이트 system,¡± Dr Singh said.

Ultimately, he said, 바카라사이트 reforms would benefit Indian students, moving universities away from long-held practices, such as rote learning, and pushing 바카라사이트m to instil more innovative ways of thinking.

But before 바카라사이트 NEP can kick in, Indian universities ¨C DU included ¨C will need to focus on a more pressing matter: filling 바카라사이트 thousands of vacant or temporary teaching positions.

More than 4,000 instructors currently work for DU on an ad hoc basis, according to 바카라사이트?Delhi University Teachers Association, which advocates for teachers¡¯ rights. Many of 바카라사이트se?scholars have been teaching for nearly a decade now without any job security or salary increases, a professor at 바카라사이트 university told?바카라 사이트 추천.

Dr Singh said that filling 바카라사이트 posts was 바카라사이트 top item on his agenda. The?process may take a few months once recruitment begins in December, he said.

¡°We will start this recruitment for teachers very soon,¡± he said.

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