Implementation of Major Initiatives in Higher & Technical Education in the XI Plan
Backgrounder
I.
The low access to higher education in India compared to several other
developing countries is a matter of serious concern. Even the present achievement
of approximately 11% of Gross Enrolment Ratio does not truly reflect the fact
that youth belonging to the weaker sections including the educationally backward
minorities have much lower GER. We also have very serious
regional as well as gender disparities in access to the higher education.
The broad objective in higher and technical education for XI Plan as approved
by the NDC is to increase the GER by 5 percentage points between the periods 2007-12
while also ensuring inclusiveness as well as quality.
A major strategy being adopted is the
expansion of capacity of institutions as well as creation of new institutions
aimed at increasing access with quality while also targeting the issues of regional,
social and gender disparities.
II. Substantial increase in Central XI Plan
An allocation of Rs. 2,69,873 crore
has been made available for the Ministry of HRD [Rs. 1,84,930 crore for Department
of School Education & Literacy and Rs. 84,943 crore for Department of Higher
Education]. The allocation of Rs. 84943
crore for HE in XI Plan against the X Plan allocation of Rs. 9500 crore reflects
roughly 9 fold increase. The share of the Plan allocation of Ministry of HRD in
the over all central Plan has increased from 7.7% in X Plan to 19.4%
in XI Plan. The share of the Plan allocation for Higher Education has increased
from 1.7% in X Plan to 6.1 % in XI Plan
During 2008-09, an allocation of Rs.7600
Crore has been provided to the Department of Higher Education.
Although State Governments are doing a lot in the education sector, they
have still to do a lot in this regard for the nation to achieve the target of
public expenditure on education as 6% of GDP. The increase in the central allocation
reflects the substantial contribution of the centre towards efforts to increase
the public expenditure on education to the target of 6%. However, the overall
progress in this regard would also depend upon efforts made by the State Governments.
III. Efforts to Expand Infrastructure
With a view to increase
access and to improve quality of higher education, the Government of India has
taken several new initiatives. The details are as hereunder –
8 IITs
It is proposed to set up 8 new IITs in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh,
Rajasthan,
Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat during the XI Plan period.
It is also proposed to convert the Institute of Technology, BHU into an IIT. B.Tech Courses in three branches with a limited
batch of about 120 first year students, are proposed to be started from the academic
session of 2008-09 in the 6 new IITs being set up in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan,
Orissa, Punjab and Gujarat and these will be mentored by the existing IITs of
Madras, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Delhi and Mumbai respectively. All the IITs
in the past also were started through a similar route of having them in temporary
campuses and in this case, we also have the advantage of mentoring of the new
IITs by the existing IITs.
All the concerned State Governments have been requested to provide land
free of cost at the suitable sites for setting up of the new IITs. Sites for IITs
in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar have already been identified (Medak and Bihta). State Governments of Gujarat, Punjab, Orissa have identified
sites for the new IITs and the Expert Committee is likely to inspect the offered
sites in the very near future.
7 IIMs
5 Indian Institutes of Science Education
& Research (IISERs)
3 IISERs at Mohali, Pune and Kolkata have already been functioning
and two more at Bhopal and Thiruvanthapuram will
start their classes in the ensuing academic session in August, 2008. The appointment of Directors of IISERs of Bhopal & Thiruvananthapuram
has been done. It is proposed to declare IISERs as Institutes of national importance
and notify them under NIT Act.
20 Indian
Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
20 IIITs are proposed under the PPP
mode. NASSCOM has very recently submitted its
model Project Report. The IIIT at Kanchepuram has started functioning from its
temporary campus at IIT Madras since the last academic session in 2007. An allocation
of Rs. 400 crore has been provided in the XI Plan and Rs. 30 crores has been allocated
for 2008-09. State Governments are being requested to give their considered views
regarding the modality of setting up of the new IIITs as per the above Project
Report.
Initially it is proposed to set up
the IIITS in such of the States in PPP mode where GOI have not yet established
any IIIT. GOI have already established a
IIIT each in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajsthan and Tamil Nadu.
2 Schools
of Planning & Architecture (SPAs)
Two schools of Planning & Architecture are to be set up at Bhopal and Vijayawada. The State Governments
have offered about 100 acres of land each in Bhopal and Vijayawada, free of cost. As they
were not found to be suitable by the Expert Committee, the State Governments have
been asked to offer alternative suitable sites. It is proposed to start the academic
session in both the new SPAs through temporary campuses by taking suitable accommodation
on rent from this academic session of 2008 pending construction of the buildings
and development of the necessary infrastructure.
Setting up
of new Polytechnics
The Department has prepared a scheme on Sub-Mission of Polytechnics under
National Skill Development Mission. Under Sub-Mission of Polytechnics, it is proposed
to take up the following four components :-
i)
Setting up of 1000 polytechnics (300 in Government Sector,
300 through PPP mode and 400 private polytechnics)
ii)
Strengthening of existing 500 polytechnics;
iii)
Construction of women’s hostel in 500 polytechnics;
iv)
Revamping of the Community Polytechnics scheme and increasing
their number from 669 to 1000.
Polytechnic in Government sector are to be set up by the State Governments
in such districts which do not presently have polytechnic. The GOI will meet a
significant portion of about Rs. 12 crore towards the capital cost in such districts
which do not have a polytechnic as of now. EFC in its meeting held on 28th May, 2008 has approved the above
proposal.
Establishment
of 16
Central Universities in the uncovered states
and 14 Central Universities aiming at world class standards
16 Central Universities in the uncovered
states
Four existing state universities; viz., Sagar University in Madhya Pradesh,
Bilaspur University in Chhatisgarh, Garhwal University in Uttrakhand and Goa University,
are proposed to be taken over and upgraded
as Central Universities. Remaining 12 new central universities are to be set up
in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The State Governments have been requested to identify suitable piece of
land for locating the new central universities. A Site Selection Committee has
been formed to give its recommendations regarding the suitability of the locations
already proposed or as may be proposed by the State Governments. State Governments
are requested to suggest two or three options for consideration of the Site Selection
Committee.
14 Central Universities aiming at World
Class standards
Locations for the 14 World Class Central Universities (WCCU) as per details
hereunder have been firmed up.
State
City
1. Maharashtra - Pune
2. West Bengal
- Kolkata
3. Tamil Nadu
- Coimbatore
4. Karnataka
- Mysore
5. Andhra Pradesh - Vishakapatanam
6. Gujarat - Gandhinagar
7. Rajasthan
- Jaipur
8. Bihar - Patna
9. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
10. Kerala
- Kochi
11. Punjab - Amritsar
12. Orissa
- Bhubaneshwar
13. Uttar Pradesh - Greater
NOIDA
14. North Eastern Region - Guwahati
HRM
has written to the Chief Ministers of the concerned State Governments to identify
suitable sites for the construction of the buildings and other infrastructure
required for them. The UGC has set up a committee to develop a concept note for
the World Class Central Universities.
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
Based
on the recommendation of the Search cum Selecting
Committee, a proposal has been submitted for the approval of the ACC for the appointment
of Vice Chancellor of the above University which is being set up at Amarkantak
in Madhya Pradesh. In due course, this Tribal University
will also have Regional Centres as well as model Schools in different States having
concentration of tribals.
373 Degree Colleges
It is proposed to set up 373 degree colleges in the districts having GER
lower than the national average identified by the UGC. Out of 373 districts, 11
districts have lower than 3% GER, 79 districts have GER between 3.1 to 6% and
143 districts have GER between 6.1 to 9%. 140 districts have a GER above 9% but
below the national average. 91 districts are proposed to be covered on priority
in the current financial year 2008-09.
UGC has proposed a model DPR for such colleges. A view is required to be taken whether the assistance should be provided
to the State Universities for starting new constituent colleges through the UGC
route or the assistance should be given through the Additional Central Assistance
route by the Planning Commission or it should be run as a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme through the Department of Higher Education.
The above 373 districts also include 88 districts having a high minority
concentration. Upto Rs. 2.67 crore or one-third cost is proposed as Central contribution
with the balance being met by the State Government or Private participation. Non
– central Government share could include share of the state govt. as well as private
not – for – profit contribution. HRM has written to the concerned State Governments
to identify location and their willingness to arrange for the balance of capital
cost (non-recurring), to provide land free of cost and to meet the running and
maintenance expenditure on these colleges. 8 States viz Bihar, Nagaland, Orissa, West Bengal,
Maharashtra, Haryana, Assam, Tripura have sent interim replies to HRM’s letter
of 31.10.2007. However, Tripura has stated that the funding pattern should be
revised with 90% of the capital expenditure being met by the GoI.
IV Extending of one time assistance to universities and colleges which
do not get any financial assistance from UGC as they are not qualified to be eligible
for being covered under Section 12 B of UGC Act.
Some of the universities or colleges do not get UGC assistance as they
do not have adequate infrastructural facilities to qualify for assistance under
section 12 B of UGC Act and as they do not get UGC’s developmental grant, they
are not in a position to improve their infrastructure. To get over it, UGC has
got a scheme approved in its Commission Meeting on 21.5.2008 according to which
assistance will be provided by UGC to the State Govt. institutions provided that
the State Govt. meets 50% of the development assistance required to make them
eligible for 12 ‘B’ assistance. In the case of private State funded colleges,
it has been proposed by the UGC that 25% of the total cost of development should
be brought forward by the private trust/society and 25% by the State Govt., with
the balance 50% being given by UGC. The concerned universities or colleges and
their affiliating Universities and State Governments are being requested by UGC
to finalize their requirement of funds within the next 2 months.
V Incentivising the State Governments for
setting up of new educational institutions
The XI Plan envisages increase in Gross
Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the student in the age group of 18-24 years by 5% during
the plan period. While the Central Government has taken initiative to set up several
new institutions, bulk of the enrolment has to be increased through the state
level institutions.
A new scheme is being conceptualized with a view
to increase the educational institutions network in the country by proposing to
contribute 1/3 cost for new educational institutions, from the Central Government.
An allocation of Rs. 6200 crore has been provided in the XI Plan period for this
purpose.
VI Setting up of Women’s Hostel.
With a view to provide hostels and other infrastructural facilities in
the universities and colleges & to increase the enrolment of girls in higher
education by providing a safe environment, the scheme of construction of women
hostel is being given special emphasis during XI Plan.
VII National Education Mission through ICT
The National Mission in Education through
ICT would leverage the potentials of ICT in providing high quality personalized
and interactive knowledge modules over the Internet for all the learners in Higher
Education Institutions. On the one hand, the Mission would create high quality
e-content for the target groups and on the other, it would simultaneously extend
computer infrastructure and connectivity to over 20000 colleges in the country
and each of the departments of 419 universities/deemed universities/University
level institutions. Enlistment of support and cooperation of states, institutions
and individual experts would be an integral part of the Mission. Private Institutions
would bear a portion of connectivity related expenditure.
VIII National Translation Mission (NTM)
Writings, readings, text-books etc. in the Indian languages are an absolute
necessity to keep track of fast changing scenario in various fields. There is
a need to evolve technical terminology in Indian languages and translate knowledge
books into Indian languages. It is, therefore,
proposed to set up a National Translation Mission which will have key activities
on translator education, information dissemination and development of high quality
translation tools such as dictionaries, software, memory, word net etc.
IX Reforms in Education during XI Plan
It is proposed to introduce a string of reforms with the aim of –
i)
improving the quality of education;
ii)
bringing compatibility in education system with global education
systems;
iii)
to meet the needs of changing Indian education system.
Some of the initiatives taken up in
this regard are as follows :-
- A Review Committee has been set up and has started functioning since
30/4/08 under the chairmanship of Prof. Yash Pal, former UGC Chairman, to review
the role and functions of UGC and AICTE.
·
UGC has assigned the task of
preparing a Curriculum framework to Prof. Yash Pal.
·
A Task Force headed by Prof.
M.M. Sharma had made recommendations to strengthen basic Science Education and
Research within the university system. Steps are being taken by the UGC on the
recommendations of the task force.
·
UGC has advised all Universities
regarding
·
Examination Reforms including introducing semester system, grading, credit transfer etc.
·
Continuous internal assessment and
evaluation.
·
Streamlining of admission procedure for Ph.D.
·
Effective mechanism for regular updating of curricula/syllabi .
·
Introduction of mandatory accreditation
for institutions aspiring for UGC grant.
·
Reforms
in teaching methods and improving quality of teachers.
·
Centralised
entrance tests, shifting to semester system and continuous internal assessment.
·
Introduction
of credit system to allow for flexibility – both spatial and temporal.
·
Introduction
of mandatory accreditation for institutions seeking public financial assistance
seeking deemed University status.
X Shortage of Faculty
·
To make teaching system more attractive to attract the
best talents, a Pay Review Committee has been constituted by UGC under
the Chairmanship of Prof. G K Chadha, Member of Economy Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister.
·
Keeping in view of the report large number of vacancies of teachers in central
universities/colleges and technical institutions, retirement age of teachers in
Centrally funded higher educational and technical institutions under the purview
of the Ministry of Human Resource Development has been increased from 62 years
to 65 years. Since reportedly there are large number of vacancies of teachers
in universities/college under the various states, the state governments have to
consider similar intervention (to alleviate the present shortage of experienced
teachers)
·
State Governments have been requested to furnish the details
of vacancies of teachers in universities and colleges. The matter will be discussed with the representatives
of the State Governments during forthcoming State Education Minister’s Conference
on 23rd & 24th July 2008.
XI. Faculty Development
• Revamping of 56 Academic Staff
Colleges for training of the faculty.
• Expansion of Research
Programmes/Projects through funded
research.
•
GFR to be modified to permit some portion of research to be allowed for
topping up the salary.
• About 250 Professors of eminence with a higher grade to be selected to
encourage and reward the top faculty.
• JRF amount of Fellowships increased
by 50%.
• Proposed to increase the coverage of fellowship for most of the research
students, after developing admission criterion.
• Proposal to enhance the GATE qualified M.Tech. Scholarship from Rs. 5000
to Rs. 8000 per month.
·
Summer Training of Teachers
in universities/colleges and central technical institutions - With a view to improve the quality and standard of teaching
by the faculty, in this summer i.e. in June and July 2008, 10,000 faculty members
of the Engineering Institutions and 10,000 faculty members of the University system
teaching basic/social sciences, are being given summer training/refresher courses
to improve their domain knowledge as well as pedagogy. While the refresher/summer
training courses on the technical subjects are being given in the IITs, NITs,
NITTTRs etc., the courses in basic and social sciences
are being organized by UGC through its academic staff colleges.
XII. Financial Support to Students
Scholarship
Scheme for College and University students
As a successor to the National Merit
Scholarship scheme, this scheme seeks to cover top 2% of the student population
of class XII (equally divided between boys and girls on the basis of class XII
results) by providing them with scholarship of Rs. 1000/- per month for 10 months
in a year for under-graduate level studies and Rs. 2000/- per month for 10 months
in a year for post-graduate level studies, directly into their bank accounts.
XIII Education Loan Interest Subsidy Scheme
A proposal to introduce a Central Sector
scheme for providing interest subsidy during the moratorium period on the educational
loans taken by students belonging to “non-creamy” layer for pursuing professional
education in India under the revised Model Educational Loan Scheme formulated
by the Indian Banks’ Association has been under active consideration of the Government.
XIV Status of Implementation of the recommendations
of Oversight Committee (OSC).
ANNEX – I
| S.No. | STATES | Educationally Backward Districts (373) | Districts not having any Polytechnic (185) |
| 1 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1 Anantnag 2 Badgam 3 Baramula 4 Doda 5 Kargil 6 Kathua 7 Kupwara 8 Leh (Ladakh) 9 Punch 10 Rajauri 11 Udhampur | 1. Kupwara 2. Baramulla 3. Bandipora 4. Ganderbal 5. Budgam 6. Pulwama 7. Anantnag 8. Kulgam 9. Shopian 10. Ramban 11. Kishtwar 12. Reasi 13. Udham-pur 14. Poonch 15. Rajouri 16. Samba 17. Doda 18. Kathua |
| 2 | Punjab | 1 Amritsar 2 Bathinda 3 Faridkot 4 Fatehgarh Sahib 5 Firozpur 6 Gurdaspur 7 Kapurthala 8 Mansa 9 Moga 10 Muktsar 11 Nawanshahr 12 Patiala 13 Sangrur | |
| 3 | Haryana | 1 Fatehabad 2 Gurgaon 3 Jind 4 Kaithal 5 Karnal 6 Panipat 7 Sirsa | |
| 4 | Chandigarh | | |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 1 Chamba 2 Kinnaur (Poo)3 Lahul &
Spiti (Lahul, Spiti)4 Sirmaur | 1.Sirmour, 2.Bilaspur, 3.Kullu, 4.Lahaul & Spiti, 5.Kinnaur |
| 6 | NCT of Delhi | | 1.North 2.Central 3.North –East |
| 7 | Uttar Pradesh | 1 Bahraich 2 Balrampur 3 Banda 4 Barabanki 5 Bareilly 6 Basti 7 Bijnor 8 Budaun 9 Bulandshahr 10 Chitrakoot 11 Etah 12 Farrukhabad 13 Fatehpur 14 Gonda 15 Hamirpur 16 Hardoi 17 Hathras 18Jyotiba Phule
Nagar 19 Kannauj 20 Kanpur Dehat 21 Kaushambi 22 Kheri 23 Kushinagar 24 Lalitpur 25 Maharajganj 26 Mahoba 27 Mathura 28 Moradabad 29 Muzaffarnagar 30 Pilibhit
31 Rae Bareli
32 Rampur33 Saharanpur34 Sant Kabir
Nagar 35 Shahjahanpur 36 Shrawasti
37 Siddharthnagar
38 Sitapur 39 Sonbhadra40 Sultanpur
41 Unnao
| 1. Hamirpur 2. Auraya 3. Kanpur Dehat 4. Kannauj 5. Sharawasti 6. Balrampur 7. Siddarth Nagar 8. Maharaj Ganj 9. Chitra-koot 10. Kusi-nagar 11. Kausambi 12. Sant Kabir Nagar 13. Jyotiba Phule Nagar |
| 8 | Uttarakhand | 1 Bageshwar 2 Champawat | |
| 9 | Rajasthan | 1 Ajmer 2 Alwar 3 Banswara 4 Baran 5 Barmer 6 Bharatpur 7 Bhilwara 8 Bikaner 9 Bundi 10 Chittaurgarh 11 Churu 12 Dausa 13 Dhaulpur 14 Dungarpur 15 Ganganagar 16 Hanumangarh 17 Jaisalmer 18 Jalor 19 Jhalawar 20 Jhunjhunun 21 Jodhpur 22 Karauli 23 Nagaur 24 Pali 25 Rajsamand 26 Sawai Madhopur 27 Sikar 28 Sirohi 29 Tonk 30 Udaipur | Pratapgarh |
| | WESTERN STATES | | |
| 10 | Gujarat | 1 Amreli 2 Banas Kantha 3 Bharuch 4 Bhavnagar 5 Dohad 6 Jamnagar 7 Junagadh 8 Kachchh 9 Kheda 10 Mahesana 11 Narmada 12 Panch Mahals 13 Patan 14 Porbandar 15 Rajkot 16 Sabar Kantha 17 Surat 18 Surendranagar 19 The Dangs 20 Valsad | 1.Narmada 2. Tapi 3.Dang 4. Panchmahal (Godhra) |
| 11 | Maharashtra | 1 Buldana 2 Gadchiroli 3 Hingoli 4 Jalna 5 Raigarh 6 Ratnagiri 7 Sindhudurg | 1. Nadurbar 2.Hingoli 3. Gondia 4. Akola |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 Balaghat 2 Barwani 3 Betul 4 Bhind 5 Chhatarpur 6 Chhindwara 7 Damoh 8 Datia 9 Dewas 10 Dhar 11 Dindori 12 East Nimar 13 Guna 14 Harda 15 Jhabua 16 Katni 17 Mandla 18 Mandsaur 19Morena 20 Narsimhapur 21 Neemuch 22 Panna 23 Raisen 24 Rajgarh 25 Ratlam 26 Sagar 27 Satna 28 Sehore 29 Seoni 30 Shahdol 31 Shajapur 32 Sheopur 33 Shivpuri 34 Sidhi 35 Tikamgarh 36 Ujjain 37 Umaria 38 Vidisha 39 West Nimar | 1. Datia 2. Rewa 3. Shajapur 4. Raisen 5. Katni 6. Anoopur 7. Mandsour 8. Dindori 9. Umria 10. Sheopur 11. Dewas 12. Shivpuri |
| 13 | Chhattisgarh | 1 Bastar 2 Bilaspur 3 Dantewada 4 Dhamtari 5 Durg 6 Janjgir – Champa 7 Jashpur 8 Kanker 9 Kawardha 10 Koriya 11 Mahasamund 12 Raigarh 13 Raipur 14 Rajnandgaon 15 Surguja | 1. Bijapur 2.Nara-yanpur 3. Koriya 4. Jashpur 5. Kanker 6. Dantewara 7. Jangir Champa 8. Mahasa-mund 9. Kabirdham |
| 14 | Goa | | |
| 15 | Dadra & N.H. (UT) | 1 Dadar & Nagar Havelli | |
| 16 | Daman & Diu (UT) | 1 Daman 2 Diu | |
| | SOUTHERN STATES | | |
| 17 | Andhra Pradesh | 1 Adilabad 2 Anantapur 3 East Godavari 4 Kurnool 5 Mahbubnagar 6 Medak 7 Nizamabad 8 Prakasam 9 Srikakulam 10 Vizianagaram 11 West Godavari | |
| 18 | Karnataka | 1 Bagalkot 2 Bangalore Rural 3 Belgaum 4 Bellary 5 Bijapur 6 Chamarajanagar 7 Chikmagalur 8 Chitradurga 9 Dakshina Kannada 10 Gadag 11 Gulbarga 12 Hassan 13 Haveri 14 Kodagu 15 Kolar 16 Koppal 17 Mandya 18 Raichur 19 Tumkur 20 Udupi 21 Uttara Kannada | |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu | 1 Ariyalur 2 Coimbatore 3 Cuddalore 4 Dharmapuri 5 Dindigul 6 Erode 7 Kancheepuram 8 Kanniyakumari 9 Karur 10 Madurai 11 Nagapattinam 12 Perambalur 13 Pudukkottai 14 Ramanathapuram 15 Salem 16 Sivaganga 17 Thanjavur 18 The Nilgiris 19 Theni 20 Thiruvallur 21 Thiruvarur 22 Thoothukkudi 23 Tirunelveli 24 Tiruvannamalai 25 Vellore 26 Viluppuram 27 Virudhunagar | |
| 20 | Kerala | 1 Kasaragod 2 Malappuram 3 Palakkad 4 Wayanad | |
| 21 | Pudduchery | 1 Yanam | |
| 22 | A & N (UT) | 1 Andamans 2
Nicobars | 1.Nicobar Distt. 2. Middle &North Andaman Distt |
| 23 | L’dweep | 1 Lakshadweep | |
| | EASTERN STATES | | |
| 24 | Bihar |
1 Araria 2 Aurangabad 3 Banka 4 Begusarai 5 Darbhanga 6 Gopalganj 7 Jamui 8 Kaimur 9 Katihar 10 Khagaria 11 Kishanganj 12 Lakhisarai 13 Madhepura 14 Madhubani 15 Nawada 16 Pashchimi Champaran 17 Purba Champaran 18 Purnia 19 Saharsa 20 Samastipur 21 Saran 22 Sheohar 23 Sitamarhi 24 Siwan 25 Supaul 26 Vaishali |
1. Rohtas 2. Bhabhua 3. Bhojpur 4. Buxar 5. Jehanabad 6. Arwal 7. Nawada 8. Aurangabad 9. Siwan 10. Vaishali 11. Samastipur 12. Kishanganj 13. Banka 14. Munger 15. Lakhisarai 16. Shekhpura 17. Jamui 18. Khagaria 19. Katihar 20. Paschim Champaran 21. Sitamarhi 22. Purbi Champaran 23. Madhubani 24. Madhepura 25. Araria 26. Sheohar 27. Supaul |
| 25 | Jharkhand | 1 Chatra 2 Deoghar 3 Dumka 4 Garhwa 5 Giridih 6 Godda 7 Gumla 8 Kodarma 9 Pakaur 10 Palamu 11 Pashchimi Singhbhum
12 Sahibganj | 1. Shebganj (Santhal) 2. Pakur (Santhal) 3. Deoghar (Santhal) 4. Lohardaga 5. Gumla 6. Simdega 7. Garhwa 8. Jamtara 9. Godda 10. Giridih 11. Palamau (Dattonganj |
| 26 | Orissa | 1 Anugul 2 Balangir 3 Bargarh 4 Baudh 5 Debagarh 6 Dhenkanal 7 Gajapati 8 Ganjam 9 Kalahandi 10 Kandhamal 11 Kendujhar 12 Koraput 13 Malkangiri 14 Nabarangapur 15 Nayagarh 16 Nuapada 17 Rayagada 18 Sonapur | 1. Nuapada 2. Sonepur 3. Boudh 4. Kalahandi 5. Gajapati 6. Nawarangpur 7. Koraput 8. Sambalpur 9. Balasore 10.Khandmal 11. Malkangiri |
| 27 | West Bengal | 1 Bankura 2 Barddhaman 3 Birbhum 4 Dakshin Dinajpur 5 Darjiling 6 Haora 7 Hugli 8 Jalpaiguri 9 Koch Bihar 10 Maldah 11 Medinipur 12 Murshidabad 13 Nadia 14 North Twenty Four Parganas 15 Puruliya 16 South Twenty Four Parganas 17 Uttar Dinajpur | 1.North 24 Parganas 2. West Dinajpur |
| | NORTH EASTERN
STATES | | |
| 28 | Assam | 1 Bongaigaon 2 Cachar 3 Darrang 4 Dhubri 5 Goalpara 6 Hailakandi 7 Karbi Anglong 8 Karimganj 9 Marigaon 10 Nagaon 11 Sonitpur 12 Tinsukia | Total 24 1.Goalpara 2. Karbi Anglong 3. Dhubri 4. Barpeta 5. Nalbari 6. Marigaon 7. Sonipur 8. Sibsagar 9. Tinsukia 10. Lakhimpur 11. Dhemaji 12. North Cachar Hills 13. Darrang List of remainig 11 not given |
| 29 | Meghalya | 1 East Garo Hills 2 Jaintia Hills 3 Ri Bhoi 4 South Garo Hills 5 West Khasi Hills | 1. Ri Bhoi 2. West Khasi Hills 3. South Garo Hills 4.East Garo Hills |
| 30 | Mizoram | 1 Champhai 2 Kolasib 3 Lawngtlai 4 Lunglei 5 Mamit 6 Saiha 7 Serchhip | Total 06 List not given |
| 31 | Manipur | | 1.Bishnupur 2. Senapati |
| 32 | Tripura | 1 Dhalai | 1. North Distt. 2. Dhalai Distt. 3. South Distt |
| 33 | Nagaland | 1 Mon | 1. Tuensang 2. Mon 3. Wokha 4. Phek 5. Dimapur 6. Peren 7. Longleng 8. Kiphere |
| 34 | Arunachal Pradesh |
1
Changlang 2
Dibang Valley 3
East Kameng 4
Lohit 5
Lower Subansiri 6
Tawang 7
Tirap 8
Upper Siang 9
Upper Subansiri 10 West Kameng 11 West Sian |
1. Tirap 2. Changlang 3. Anjaw 4. Dibang Valley 5. Lower Dibang Valley 6. Upper Siang 7. Upper Subansiri 8. West Kameng 9. East Kameng 10. Kurung Kumey 11. Tawang 12. Lower Subansiri 13. East Siang 14.Lohit |
| 35 | Sikkim | 1 East 2 North 3 South 4 West | 1.North Distt. 2. West Distt |
ANNEX - IV
14 CUs aiming
at world class standards
a.
Location has been decided for setting
up of these universities in the following States:
State
City
1. Maharashtra -
Pune
2. West Bengal -
Kolkata
3. Tamil Nadu
- Coimbatore
4. Karnataka
- Mysore
5. Andhra Pradesh - Vishakapatanam
6. Gujarat
- Gandhinagar
7. Rajasthan
- Jaipur
8. Bihar
- Patna
9. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
10. Kerala
-
Kochi
11. Punjab
- Amritsar
12. Orissa
- Bhubaneshwar
13. Uttar Pradesh - Greater
NOIDA
14. North Eastern Region - Guwahati
ANNEX –
V
National Mission on Education through
ICT
The Department of Higher Education
has drafted a Central Scheme in the name of National Mission in Education through
Information & Communication Technology (ICT), with the broad objective to
empower the academic community as well as learners to boost teaching, learning
process and to give a new impetus to research as also to take the quality education
to the remotely located areas. The Mission has identified 48 activities as vehicles
to achieve its objective.
The Mission has, broadly, to components:
namely, Connectivity, which includes provision for hardware: e-contents – with
provision of making available e-books and e-journals, and research to innovate
and develop new and cost effective technologies for making best and optimal use
of ICT in education with the ultimate objective to provide comparatively more
or less equal quality higher education to all learners irrespective of their geographical
location. The e-content portion is nearly 40% of the total Mission cost, whereas,
the connectivity component is estimated to be nearly 60%.
The Mission propose to provide internet
connectivity to all institutions of higher learning in shortest possible time
by using all possible means such as terrestrial connectivity through commercial
service provider network, wherever available and through Satellite – to the colleges
located in far flung areas, in order to make available knowledge to all sections
of students, as also to avoid congestion in net in cyber space. The premier institutions
are proposed to be provided with I G bps connectivity, keeping in view, their
nature and requirement for teaching/training and research.
The Mission proposes to use the available
facilities, for providing the connectivity, on rental basis so that the option
to switch over to a new facility with better technology at an appropriate time
may remain available.
The sub-component of providing connectivity
is to provide hardware support to the institutions of higher learning. The Mission
proposes to provide one-time assistance to the institutions of higher learning.
The Mission proposes to provide one-time assistance to the institutions of higher
learning, on 50% sharing basis, for procurement of hardware. The recurring cost
for maintenance and sustainability of the hardware is proposed to be borne by
the beneficiary institution. The purchase of the hardware may be undertaken through
identified knowledge hub institutions for the institutions they are mentoring,
to ensure the quality and reliability of the hardware to be purchased.
The second component of the Mission
is e-contents. The Mission proposed for a peer group based wikipedia kind of approach
for generation of e-contents involving community of experts with the responsibility
of maintaining quality and guarding against obsolescence. The Mission also favours
open access approach seeking collaboration with other countries/consortia/organizations
etc. The Mission shall have a mechanism for quality control as well as for constant
updating and evaluation of the contents.
Keeping in view the linguistic profile
of the nation, the contents generated in a given language shall be translated
in other national languages too. The Mission also proposes to undertake a research
for developing a tool to mechanise the translation work for a faster and timely
translation of the e-contents.
The Mission also proposes to provide
e-books and e-journals, as a part of its e-content component. It is imperative
that this would involve IPR issues, which would be appropriately resolved. Further,
keeping in view, the higher cost involved in subscribing e-books and e-journals
(an estimate of Rs. 400 crore), there is a provision to generate our own e-books
and create our own good brand of e-journals over a period of time.
Another endeavour of the Mission is
to develop low-cost and low power consuming access device for making use of ICT
for the purpose of education.
The Mission proposes a collaborative
approach for implementation, involving state governments, which would be expected
to be the active partners and motivators in this endeavour. States would assist
in roll out of connectivity, content generation and monitoring activities. The
administrative structure of the Mission shall have three tiers. The first tier
consist of an Executive Committee under the chairpersonship of Hon’ble Human Resource
Development Minister. The second tier is of Empowered Committee of Experts that
shall sanction the projects under the Mission on the recommendation of the third
tier Committee of domain experts responsible for examining the detailed project
reports submitted by the anchoring institutions or any other institution/ organisation
interested in implementing the activities of the Mission.
ANNEX –
VI
National translation
Mission (NTM)
1.
Writings, readings textbooks etc. in the Indian languages are an absolute
necessity to keep track of the fast changing scenario in the field of Humanities,
Science and Technology. It is an accepted fact that most of the information pertaining
to different fields is presently available in English; there is a need to evolve
technical terminology in Indian languages and translate knowledge books into Indian
languages.
2.
It is, therefore, proposed to set up a National Translation
Mission (NTM) which will have key activities on translator education, information
dissemination and development of high quality translation tools such as dictionaries,
software, memory, wordnet etc.
3.
Organization with State Government which can help
There are a number of organization in the states who receive grants from
the Government of India through Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology
(CSTT) for production of textbooks and other academic materials.
i There are Hindi Granth Academies or similar bodies set up
in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh.
i.
There are specific units for Hindi in G B Pant Agricultural
University, Pantnagar (HP), Haryana Agriculture University, Hissar (Haryana) and
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (UP)
ii.
Textbooks Boards or similar bodies for regional languages exist
in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab and Tamilnadu.
iii.
There are university cells
or similar bodies for regional languages exists in Assam (Guwahati University,
Dibrugarh University, Tezpur University), Karnataka (Bangalore Agriculture University,
Bangalore University, Karnataka University, Mysore University).
Of the above agencies, some are active
and some are less active and some are either closed or tally defunct.
4.
Cooperation needed from States :-
i.
Honourable
Supreme Court in its Order of 2004 has stressed on the use of standard and uniform
terminologies in all textbooks prepared by Government agencies.
ii.
Identification
of single agency in each state that would interact with the National Translation
Mission & Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology and would be
responsible for reating standard terminology in a language/state.
iii. In general, the Granth Academies, Textbooks Boards, University
Cells etc. that already exist may be authorized and made active to participate
in the terminology evolution in association with CSTT & NTM.
iv. In case the Granth Academy, Textbook Board etc. are not
in a position to handle it the matter or not effective, some other agency may
be nominated to interact with the CSTT & NTM.
v.
Agencies need to be established in states where there is no
existing institution to deal with the evolution of technical terminology and publication
of textbooks etc.
vi.
The agency this identified may be authorized to receive grants,
if any from the centre for creation of terminology.
List of States
who have not furnished information for fulfilling the Assurance given regarding
the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 323 answered on 14.03.2006 regarding promotion
of Sanskrit by Shri M Shivanna.
A Lok Sabha Parliament Starred Question
No. 323 was asked on 14.03.2006 by Shri M Shivanna. The Hon’ble M P Wanted to
know (a) the number of Sanskrit Vidyalayas Universities in the country, state-wise;
and (b) the details of funds and other resources being provided by the Government
or these Sanskrit Vidyalayas/Universities during each of the last three years.
The State Governments were asked to furnish the information. The following States
have not furnished the information in spite of several reminders : -
1.
Andhra Pradesh
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
3.
Assam
4.
Jammu & Kashmir
5.
Jharkhand
6.
Karnataka
7.
Kerala
8.
Madhya Pradesh
9.
Manipur
10.
Meghalaya
11.
Mizoram
12.
Nagaland
13.
Orissa
14.
Pondicherry
15.
Rajasthan
16.
Sikkim
17.
Tamil Nadu
Request
The above State Governments to furnish
the information for the years 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 to enable the Ministry
to fulfil the Parliament Assurance.
* It is relating to Consultative committee
meeting held on 9.7.08.
VL/SB
(Release ID :40243)