That also enabled Sibal to sack R. A Yadav, whose tenure at the helm of AICTE marked the largest number of allegations of wrong doing and corruption. Despite being a handpicked nominee of Arjun Singh to head AICTE, Yadav could not resist the reformist zeal of Sibal. When Yadav was shown the door by Sibal and many top officials of AICTE arrested for corruption, analysts had already started speculating on when the Sibal axe would fall on irregularities at UGC. It has now fallen, and with a vengeance.
When it comes to higher education, both AICTE and the UGC have been persistently singled out by educationists to be the biggest hurdles in reforming the system. Operating a la ministries and departments during the infamous license-permit Raj, officials at both had used their powers to make tons of money from unscrupulous operators and harass those who refused to bribe them. Things hade become so bad that ‘agents’ used to openly approach institutes with offers to ‘fix’ things for them at pre-determined rates. What Sibal has begun to do with the AICTE and the UGC is only the beginning. The path from here will end when both are dismantled completely and replaced by a single regulatory body for higher education that functions transparently and with clear rules and norms.
Meanwhile, there have been many reports of students and parents being deeply agitated over the move to doom the deemed universities. In many cases, promoters of these outfits seem to have encouraged students to stage violent protests saying their futures are at stake. But as the Union HRD minister pointed out, all students of these deemed universities will get a degree. In any case, a surgery of this type was long overdue. Says well known educationist of Tamil Nadu Vasanthi Devi, “ Just to escape the clutches of these universities and exploit the students, numerous deemed universities emerged. All these unqualified universities should be closed and there is no need to have deemed universities”.
But as mentioned earlier, Kapil Sibal still has a long way to go after these auspicious beginnings. He has faced severe resistance while announcing his plans to revamp school education and abolish Board exams for students of class Xth and eventually even class X11th. He has a tough job because the HRD ministers in the last two decades have been mostly Arjun Singh or the BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The practices they encouraged will take a long time to undo.
Yet, well begun is half done. India desperately needs to completely revamp its education system. At the moment, Kapil Sibal seems to be the best man to do it.
When it comes to higher education, both AICTE and the UGC have been persistently singled out by educationists to be the biggest hurdles in reforming the system. Operating a la ministries and departments during the infamous license-permit Raj, officials at both had used their powers to make tons of money from unscrupulous operators and harass those who refused to bribe them. Things hade become so bad that ‘agents’ used to openly approach institutes with offers to ‘fix’ things for them at pre-determined rates. What Sibal has begun to do with the AICTE and the UGC is only the beginning. The path from here will end when both are dismantled completely and replaced by a single regulatory body for higher education that functions transparently and with clear rules and norms.
Meanwhile, there have been many reports of students and parents being deeply agitated over the move to doom the deemed universities. In many cases, promoters of these outfits seem to have encouraged students to stage violent protests saying their futures are at stake. But as the Union HRD minister pointed out, all students of these deemed universities will get a degree. In any case, a surgery of this type was long overdue. Says well known educationist of Tamil Nadu Vasanthi Devi, “ Just to escape the clutches of these universities and exploit the students, numerous deemed universities emerged. All these unqualified universities should be closed and there is no need to have deemed universities”.
But as mentioned earlier, Kapil Sibal still has a long way to go after these auspicious beginnings. He has faced severe resistance while announcing his plans to revamp school education and abolish Board exams for students of class Xth and eventually even class X11th. He has a tough job because the HRD ministers in the last two decades have been mostly Arjun Singh or the BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The practices they encouraged will take a long time to undo.
Yet, well begun is half done. India desperately needs to completely revamp its education system. At the moment, Kapil Sibal seems to be the best man to do it.
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