NEP: Universities to not affiliate over 300 faculties, says Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

NEW DELHI: Universities will be unable to offer affiliation to greater than 300 faculties with the brand new National Education Policy (NEP) proposing granting extra autonomy to high schools and phasing out affiliation system, Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ mentioned on Wednesday. “I visited a college just lately and once I requested the vice chancellor what number of faculties are affiliated to that college he mentioned 800 diploma faculties. I assumed I heard him flawed. I requested him once more and he mentioned 800. It was a convocation ceremony. I used to be shocked. Can any VC bear in mind the names of the principals of 800 diploma faculties?” the Union training minister requested.

He was addressing a digital session on ‘Education submit COVID-19’.

“Can she or he maintain a tab on the standard and features of such an enormous variety of faculties? That is why within the NEP we’re saying that in a phased method we’ll work on this. One college won’t affiliate greater than 300 faculties and for that if we have to improve the variety of universities we’ll do this,” Nishank mentioned.

As per the brand new coverage accredited by the Union Cabinet final month, the system of affiliation will likely be phased out over 15 years and a stage-wise mechanism for granting graded autonomy to high schools, by means of a clear system of graded accreditation, will likely be established.

Over a time period, it’s envisaged that each faculty would grow to be both an autonomous degree-granting faculty, or a constituent faculty of a college.

“We have 45,000 diploma faculties of which solely 8,000 are autonomous. Based on their high quality in a part method we’ll enhance their grading and as they progress we’ll grant them a graded autonomy,” he mentioned.