New Delhi (NVI): The single higher education regulatory body, the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), will become operational from the next academic session, said Amit Khare, Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
He made these remarks at the 93rd Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
He said that the benchmarking of educational institutions will be based on the outcome and not the input.
Khare stated, “Currently, the benchmarking is different for different universities for infrastructure and other things. In the National Education Policy 2020, benchmarking will be done based on the same academic and research standards, and not based on governance.”
All the universities including the central private state will be benchmarked with the same criteria, Khare said.
Commenting on the National Research Foundation, which is also a key part of the National Education Policy, Khare said that it will allow all higher educational institutions to become competitive.
Khare stated that subjects like Social Sciences which are generally ignored when it comes to research funding are also added under the NEP and similar opportunities like the National Science Foundation in the United States will be offered.
-CHK
