New Delhi: The government is planning to cap the number of colleges that can be affiliated to a university to maintain proper academic standards.
A proposal on this has been submitted by the Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (national higher education campaign) to the human resource development ministry, an official release said here Friday.
The scheme proposes not more than 200 colleges to be affiliated to a university.
The release said the average number of affiliated colleges per university is 300.
"This phenomenon negatively affects the academic quality of the university. It is imperative that states create more universities," the release said.
While Osmania University in Hyderabad has 901 colleges affiliated to it, 811 colleges are attached to Pune University.
Rajasthan and Mumbai universities have 735 and 711 colleges attached to them.
The Rashtriya Uchattar Shiksha Abhiyan is a new centrally-sponsored flagship umbrella scheme of the government aimed at providing strategic funding to higher and technical institutions in the states.
Comments
| Quick linksNews
National
International
Regional
Politics
Education & Career
Business
Science & Technology
Health
Views & Analysis
The Funny Side
© 2012 Awaz Multimedia & Publications. All rights reserved.
PM calls for secular India, gently warns PakistanPrime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for political stability and strong secular values as he made his last Independence Day speech ahead of the much awaited....... More
Also Read: Manmohan Singh assures India on better economy
President on I-DayCorruption sapping national resources: President
Maintaining that "unprovoked incidents" of ceasefire violations by ...... More
Also Read: Elect a stable government, says President
There is a series of communal riots of low intensity happening in north India. The latest was in Tonk Rajasthan; where one person died due to police firing. In Meerut some mischievous elements tried to tease Muslims at evening prayers of Ramazan, playing loud music in front of the mosque leading to communal tension. In Allahabad...... More
Canshala: A school of hope for kids with cancerIt's called Canshala and is an island of peace and learning for a group of ailing children for whom education had, at one stage, become a distant dream due to their treatment for life-threatening cancer. The children mingle with normal children in the ..... More
