Agree to Azad
Even if you see, oldest universities in India just giving degrees not imparting real education On 26 June 2010 21:34, SHER AZAD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Nutan, but what about mushroomed thousands of engineering Colleges & > MBA colleges recognised by AICTE. They are distributing degrees for any > body who has money.What about commercelisation of education across all over > India? > > > --- On *Sat, 6/26/10, Nutan Thakur <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Nutan Thakur <[email protected]> > Subject: [bm] Amity Inspection > To: "Bharat Uday Mission" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 8:53 PM > > > *Sonde Committee report on Amity University* > > In case of Amity University, an Inspection was done under the aegis of the > University Grants Commission under the powers conferred to it under sections > 12 and 13 of the UGC Act 1956. It was conducted *between 15 to 18 July 20*09 > by an Expert Committee under the leadership of *Prof B S Sonde, Former > Vice-Chancellor, Goa University*. This team submitted its report along > with 23 deficiencies and 16 recommendations to UGC > > I present some of *the major deficiencies* narrated by this Expert > Committee which can be found on Page 17 to 19 of the Report- > > 1. University Academic and Administrative structure not fully as per the > University Act > 2. No faculties established > 3. Methods of designation of Schools/ Institutes/ Centers not rationalized > 4. Number of students admitted to some courses too large, e.g.- > International business, Biotechnology > 5. Off Campus center set up by the University in the State and outside the > State, does not seem to empower them > 6. Reservation policy not followed in recruitment of faculty/ non-teaching > staff and also in student’s admissions > 7. Immoveable property not in the name of the University, only in the name > of the Sponsoring Society > 8. No notified policy on fee structure and student intake > 9. Distance Education Programmes conducted in professional subjects without > the approval of UGC-AICTE-DEC Joint Committee > 10. Much importance given for moderation of examination results, that may > lead to doubts on the fairness of the system > > This is followed by *the recommendations under page 19 to 22*. Important > ones are- > 1. Not to contravene UGC Act and UGC Regulations, as Off Campus center set > up by the University in the State and outside the State is not in order > 2. Refrain from using the brand name AMITY too liberally for any other > University/ College set up by the Society > 3. Formally transfer all the immoveable assets in the name of the > University from the name of Sponsoring Society > 4. Approval of Bar Council needs to be revalidated for Amity Law College, > which was affiliated to Meerut University before Amity University was born > 5. Not desirable to have curriculum too broad and lacking depth > 6. Follow the Reservation policy expeditiously > 7. University needs to have an open and transparent operation in all its > programmes and activities like student admission, fixing fees, faculty > recruitment etc. > > This report was presented before UGC on its *465th meeting* under item > 5.30. Finally a letter was sent to the Registrar, Amity University on > 17/11/2009 to get a *Compliance report to UGC latest by 31/03/2010*. As > per the information obtained by the National RTI Forum under the RTI Act, no > such Compliance report has been sent so far. Let us hope the Report is > complied with soon and corrective measures taken because this is a matter > that is related with lakhs of innocent students whose life is completely > dependent of the legal and administrative position of this and other such > “Private” Universities. > > The only problem is that if the Amity University simply ignores to do any > corrective measures as recommended in the Expert team, the UGC cannot do > much because Amity being a private University does not get grants from UGC > anyway and that is the greatest leverage that UGC has over any University. > > At the same time, *National RTI Forum* would also like to profusely thank > Sri Radhe Shyam and Sri Mahendra Pratap from *Project Vijay* who have done > a lot of work on Amity University to bring out so many important facts about > the Amity University to the general public. > > Dr Nutan Thakur, > Convener, > National RTI Forum, > Lucknow > # 94155-34525 > > > > > > -- ______________________________ "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?" --Martin Luther King, Jr. Govind- 9960704146 URL: http://www.wix.com/hopegovind/homepage
