Proposed HECI could lead to closure of institutions in rural areas, fuel privatisation: Par panel
Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) which seeks to replace different regulators including UGC and AICTE could lead to closure of institutions in rural areas that suffer from infrastructure or faculty shortages and indirectly fuel privatization, a parliamentary panel has flagged. The committee, headed by Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh, has recommended that a simplified hierarchy of regulatory bodies would be more effective.
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The panel also suggested that the Education Ministry should ensure that any such unified regulatory body must have adequate representation for all states and there should not be excess centralization.
The Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports presented its report in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday on 'Review of Education Standards, Accreditation Process, Research, Examination Reforms and Academic Environment in Deemed, Private Universities and other Higher Education Institutions'.
The National Education Policy, 2020 envisages the creation of HECI as the principal regulator for higher education, with four verticals for regulation, accreditation, funding, and academic standards.
«The committee observes that the multiplicity of regulators leads to inconsistency in standards and monitoring, making it difficult for institutions to function effectively. Moreover, state universities, which educate over 90 per cent of the student population, are caught in between national and state-level regulations.
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