Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Academics question Modi's claim of autonomy -Basant Kumar Mohanty

Academics question Modi's claim of autonomy -Basant Kumar Mohanty

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Sep 30, 2018   modified Modified on Sep 30, 2018
-The Telegraph

Our PM doesn’t seem sympathetic to the autonomy of academic institutions. He seems to promote the idea of delivery first, then funds: Andre Beteille

New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday emphasised the autonomy his government had granted to higher-education institutions but several academics questioned the claim.

Inaugurating a conference on education here, Modi termed the autonomy given to the IIMs “unprecedented”.

Among the freedoms granted to the B-schools by the IIM Act, passed last year, are those to appoint their directors and chairpersons.

“They can decide their course curricula, teachers’ appointments, board members’ appointments and expansion of the institution. The government will have no role,” Modi said.

He also lauded the University Grants Commission’s initiative of graded autonomy, notified this year, which grants institutions with higher scores in teaching, research and infrastructure greater freedom in expanding and launching new courses.

Some academics have alleged such autonomy would promote privatisation, encouraging institutions to start courses in the self-financing mode.

“Our Prime Minister doesn’t seem sympathetic to the autonomy of academic institutions. He seems to promote the idea of delivery first, then funds. The question is, delivery for whom and who is going to judge the quality of delivery?” Sociologist Andre Beteille said.

He said the government should not grade or rank its own institutions (the human resource development ministry has for the past three years been ranking higher-education institutions under the National Institutional Ranking Framework).

Please click here to read more.

The Telegraph, 30 September, 2018, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pm-autonomy-claim-queried-by-academics/cid/1670581?ref=india_india-page


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close