Indien: Bundesstaat Odisha vom Community College Scheme ausgeschlossen
Der Grund für den Ausschluss der gewählten Colleges in Odisha war, dass sie formale Kriterien wie die Einrichtung bestimmter Gremien nicht erfüllt hatten. Je College hatte die UGC bisher rund 22.000 Euro bereitgestellt.
Im zwölften Fünfjahresplan hatte das indische Bildungsministerium (Ministry of Human Resources Development, MoHRD) die Einrichtung von 200 Community Colleges vorgesehen. Vergangenes Jahr waren die Bundesstaaten aufgefordert worden, 80 bestehende Colleges und 20 Politechnics zu benennen, die in einer ersten Runde als Community Colleges eingerichtet werden sollten.
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Delay Costs UGC Scheme for State
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has withdrawn the much-awaited
Community College Scheme from Odisha. Delay on the part of Department of Higher
Education (DHE) in finalising infrastructure and curriculum for these colleges
has cost Odisha the scheme which aimed at increasing employability of students
pursuing higher education.
The scheme would have helped Odisha
Government in providing skill development training to one million youths in next
four years to drive its economic growth.
Of 200 community colleges
planned in the country by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)
during 12th Five Year Plan, the UGC had sanctioned seven for Odisha. Last year,
the MHRD asked State Governments to identify 80 colleges under the UGC and 20
polytechnics under the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to set
up 100 community colleges in the first phase.
Accordingly, the Odisha
Government identified Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna; Maharaja
Purna Chandra College, Baripada; Dharanidhar Autonomous College, Keonjhar; Fakir
Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore; Khallikote Autonomous College, Ganjam;
Government Autonomous College, Rourkela and Vikram Dev College, Jeypore for the
purpose.
Subsequently, the MHRD released '17.5 lakh each for the
autonomous colleges in Berhampur, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Balasore and Baripada to
start the course, while funds for Government Autonomous College in Rourkela and
Vikram Dev College at Jeypore were yet to be released.
Sources said delay
in setting up Board of Studies and Board of Management for community colleges by
principals of the parent colleges was the primary reason behind UGC
decision.
UGC's expert committee, which reviewed the progress made by
these colleges in implementation of the scheme last month found that the
institutions failed to meet the criteria as they had neither constituted the
Board of Studies and Board of Management nor selected a project implementing
agency.
The DHE, on the other hand, clarified that Phailin and the Model Code of
Conduct for General Elections delayed the preparatory work for implementation of
the scheme.
Meanwhile, Higher Education Secretary Gagan Dhal has urged the UGC Chairman,
Ved Prakash, to relook into the decision.
Failed criteria
- Of 200 community colleges planned in the country by MHRD, the UGC had sanctioned seven for Odisha
- UGC’s expert committee found that the colleges failed to meet the criterion
Quelle: The New Indian Express, newindianexpress.com, 16.07.2014