{"id":4661,"date":"2023-07-01T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2023-07-01T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T06:10:35","slug":"groundwork-for-merging-ugc-aicte-ncte-under-proposed-higher-education-commission-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=4661","title":{"rendered":"Groundwork for Merging UGC, AICTE &#038; NCTE Under Proposed Higher Education Commission Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;background:#f3f3f3;padding:0 15px 10px 10px;border-bottom:5px solid #e1261c\">\n<div style=\"width:510px;padding-top:10px;position:relative;height:350px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bimg\">\n<figure style=\"line-height:0;width:510px;height:340px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The HECI bill is one of the key reforms in higher education under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government and is in line with the new National Education Policy. (PTI)\" title=\"The HECI bill is one of the key reforms in higher education under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government and is in line with the new National Education Policy. (PTI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=510&amp;height=356\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"line-height:18px;position:absolute;bottom:0;background:linear-gradient(transparent,#000);left:0;right:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:12px;color:#fff;padding:32px 10px 5px;min-height:55px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 imageCaption\">The HECI bill is one of the key reforms in higher education under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government and is in line with the new National Education Policy. (PTI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:359px;padding-top:10px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bnow_box\">\n<h2 style=\"min-height:24px;font-size:14px;line-height:24px;color:#3f3f3f;font-weight:400\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\">The Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Bill, 2018, seeks to repeal the UGC Act, 1956, to set up one \u201coverarching, umbrella body\u201d body in its place subsuming UGC and AICTE<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article_ContentWrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624\">\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">The groundwork for merging the three regulatory bodies \u2014 University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) \u2014 under the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) is underway, even though there is no clarity yet on whether the bill will be tabled in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, News18 has learnt.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">The UGC, which is currently the apex regulatory body on higher education (non-technical), is at the helm of the merger, planning the reorganising of staff based on the functionalities of the four verticals, as proposed in the draft HECI bill and the commonness of activities within the three bodies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The higher education regulator has submitted a report on the integration of the three bodies as part of HECI to the union Ministry of Education (MoE) last week, News18 has learnt.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">\u201cThe draft is ready. We are doing our internal groundwork on how to place the staff of the three regulatory bodies in line with the four verticals. We have already submitted a report on the integration to the ministry,\u201d said a top official privy to the development.<\/p>\n<p><nonfly class=\"article_mad\" adunit=\"NW18_ENG_Desktop\/NW18_ENG_JOBS\/NW18_ENG_JOBS_AS\/NW18_ENG_JOBS_AS_ROS_MID_728\" slotid=\"nw18-dynamic-div-8220925_3_11\" id=\"new_ad_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The proposed HECI bill underlines four verticals \u2014 National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC), National Accreditation Council (NAC) for accreditation, Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC) for funding and General Education Council (GEC) for setting academic standards. Each of these councils are proposed to function independently.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The exercise includes reorganising of human resources as well as assets, which includes the existing buildings from where the three bodies operate currently and other facilities that are in use, the official said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cThe staff needs to be oriented to the functioning of HECI and there has to reorganisation of expertise across the three bodies. While the existing buildings will continue to be used, a plot area of about 20 acres of land has already been identified near the AICTE headquarters for the proposed commission to come up eventually,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">However, it is still not known if the bill, which has been expected to come up for discussion since the last Winter Session of Parliament, will be tabled in the upcoming session.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">The Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Bill, 2018, seeks to repeal the UGC Act, 1956, to set up one \u201coverarching, umbrella body\u201d body in its place subsuming UGC and AICTE. The bill that was drafted in 2018 met widespread criticism from the Opposition and has since been reworked. It aims to separate the academic and funding roles of the existing UGC.<\/p>\n<p><videocarousel\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Also, once HECI is established, it will merge the three different accreditation and ranking bodies at present \u2014 National Board of Accreditation (NBA), National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Institutional Ranking framework (NIRF) \u2014 under a single vertical.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">The HECI bill is one of the key reforms in higher education under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government. It is in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, which envisages restructuring of higher education to make it more multidisciplinary and job-oriented.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 authorBox21 article_author\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 author_box\">\n<div class=\"author_box_inner\">\n<div class=\"img_box1 author_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2022\/10\/vatsala-shrangi.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=70&amp;height=70\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text1 author_content\"><a class=\"smalldesc1 author_name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/vatsala-shrangi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Vatsala Shrangi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Vatsala Shrangi, Assistant Editor at News18, reports on the HRD, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, and social sector. 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