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INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA A SYSTEMS APPROACH
The Indian higher education system, which consists of universities and colleges, is one of the largest higher education systems in the world. The universities in India are established either under an Act of Parliament in case of central universities and institutions that are recognized as central un...
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Abhigyan
2011
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| Summary: | The Indian higher education system, which consists of universities and colleges, is one of the largest
higher education systems in the world. The universities in India are established either under an Act of
Parliament in case of central universities and institutions that are recognized as central universities and
thereby administered, regulated and funded by the apex higher education monitoring, funding and
regulatory body namely the University Grants Commission (UGC) and other ministries of the
Government of India. Universities are also established in the form of enacting a state legislature in case of
state government universities. The deemed to be universities can be classified into two broad categories- one type is central deemed universities which are governed and funded primarily by UGC and other
bodies and departments of Government of India whenever necessary. The others are largely self
financing (Private) types. The universities and colleges could be measured to be a coordinating system
and various departments and faculties of the universities could be deemed as sub-systems in higher
education apparatus. These sub-systems are understood as components of the system. In order to
augment the effectiveness of the system, feedback has been incorporated. Module one which pertains to
inputs conveys a mixture of factors and issues for consideration in the higher education system. It may
therefore contain factors such as objectives of university education, academicians / teachers, the students,
the parents, infrastructural facilities, educational consultants, external and internal advisors, government
policies and programmes, resources in the form of men, material, money, machinery, methods and so on
and so forth. The bottom-line of any individual’s growth and development depends on how well he or
she is educated and qualified in a certain direction which could help in betterment of the person
concerned and of his society. In order to reach this end or goal, schools and colleges are considered as
transforming and energizing centers of excellence where every individual will get the most of it in terms
of acquiring knowledge, learning new things, involving in research and development and earning
degrees. In this process the most important change agents are the academicians or simply teachers in any
education system in the world. The academic people are therefore considered extraordinary. Output of
the higher educational system includes availability of knowledgeable and trained human resources,
science and technological improvement, socio-cultural changes in the country, infrastructural
development for public usage, production of qualified human resources for job market, building a moral
and ethical society, creating a knowledge society and production of trained entrepreneurs and potential
leaders of industry. The fact that every individual registers into the university system with the notion of
obtaining higher qualifications and certifications for the purpose of employment and status remains a
universal phenomenon. The authors of this article have attempted to analyze higher education system in
India in the form of systems approach or view incorporating inputs, transformation process and outputs
encompassing all possible variables in the system |
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| Physical Description: | Vol 29 No. 2 (July - September 2011) |