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How Distance Education Works
The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India is a statutory organisation set up by the Union government
in 1956, charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of
standards of university education. It provides recognition to
universities in India, and disburses funds to such recognized universities and colleges. Prof. Ved Prakash, a noted academician and education administrator, is the incumbent Chairman of UGC, India.[1] Its headquarters are in New Delhi, and six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Bangalore.[2]
UGC was formally inaugurated by Abul Kalam Azad, the Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December 1953.
The UGC was however, formally established in November 1956, by an Act of Parliament as a statutory body of the Government of India. In order to ensure effective region-wise coverage throughout the country, the UGC has decentralised its operations by setting up six regional centres at Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Guwahati and Bangalore. The head office of the UGC is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi, with two additional bureaus operating from 35, Feroze Shah Road and the South Campus of University of Delhi as well.
The UGC's mandate includes:
Accreditation for higher learning over Universities under the aegis of University Grants Commission is overseen by following sixteen autonomous statutory institutions :[3][4]
The Bar Council of India is a statutory body
that regulates and represents the Indian bar. It was created by
Parliament under the Advocates Act, 1961. It prescribes standards of professional conduct, etiquettes and exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the bar. It also sets standards for legal education
and grants recognition to Universities whose degree in law will serve
as a qualification for students to enroll themselves as advocates upon
graduation.[1]
On April 12, 1951, Shri Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, a Member of Parliament, proposed a bill to amend the India Bar Councils Act. The Government of India concluded that it was necessary for the Government to sponsor the Bill. In August 1951, a Committee of Inquiry was set up to consider the feasibility of a unified Bar in India, the continuance or abolition of the dual system of counsel for each state, possibility of a separate Bar Council for the Supreme Court and the revision of enactments related to the legal profession.
On March 30, 1953, the All India Bar Committee, headed by Hon’ble Shri S. R. Das, submitted a report. This report proposed the creation of a Bar Council for each state and an All-India Bar Council as an apex body. It was suggested that the All India Bar Council should regulate the legal profession and set the standard of legal education. The Law Commission of India was assigned the job of assembling a report on judicial administration reforms.
In 1961, the Advocates Act was introduced to implement the recommendations made by the All India Bar Committee and Law Commission. Shri M. C. Setalvad was the first Chairman and Shri C. K. Daphtary as the Vice Chairman. In 1963, Shri C. K. Daphtary became the Chairman and Shri S. K. Ghose became the Vice Chairman.[1]
1. Lay down standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates
2. Lay down procedure to be followed by disciplinary committees
3. Safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates
4. Promote and support law reform
5. Deal with and dispose of any matter which may be referred by a State Bar Council
6. Promote legal education and lay down standards of legal education.
7. Determine universities whose degree in law shall be a qualification for enrollment as an advocate.
8. Conduct seminars on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest.
9. Organize and provide legal aid to the poor.
10. Recognize foreign qualifications in law obtained outside India for admission as an advocate.
11. Manage and invest funds of the Bar Council.
12. Provide for the election of its members who shall run the Bar Councils.
13: organize and provide legal aid to the scheduled cast.
The Council elects its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman for a period of two years from amongst its members. Assisted by the various committees of the Council, the chairman acts as the chief executive and director of the Council.
The current Chairman is Manan Kumar Mishra. He succeeded Ashok Parija who in turn succeeded Gopal Subramaniam who laid down office upon his elevation as Solicitor General of the country.
The other members of the Council are:
R. Dhanapal Raj, the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of India, enrolled in Tamil Nadu in 1978. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2005, where he was Chairman of the Executive Committee till 2007.
Ashok Kumar Deb, the Managing Trustee of the Bar Council of India Trust, is the member from the State Bar Council of West Bengal.
Milan Kumar Dey, who is the Chairman of the Executive Committee, is the member from the State Bar Council of Jharkhand. He enrolled as an advocate in 1990. He was elected member of the Bar Council of Jharkhand and a member of the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Daulat Ram Sharma, the Associate Managing Trustee of the Bar Council of India Trust, is the member from the State Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh. He enrolled as an advocate in 1976. He was elected to the State Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in 2000 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Brij Mohan Vinayak is the member from the State Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana. He enrolled as an advocate in 1979 and became a member of the State Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in 2002. He became Vice-Chairman in 2005 and was elected member of the Bar Council of India in 2010.
G E Vahanvati is the Attorney General of India and an ex-officio member of the Bar Council of India.
Faisal Rizvi is the member from the State Bar Council of Chhattisgarh. He has practiced law since 1991. In 2002, he was first elected to the State Bar Council of Chattisgarh and was elected to the Bar Council of India in the same year.
Rajendra B. Raghuvanshi is the member from the State Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. He enrolled as an advocate in 1981. He was elected Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in 1998, and in 2004, he was elected to the Bar Council of India.
S. Gopakumaran Nair is the member from the State Bar Council of Kerala.
Gopal Narain Mishra is the member from the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh. He enrolled in Lucknow in 1970. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
N. Ramchander Rao is the member from the State Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh.He enrolled as an advocate in 1986.He was elected to the andhra pradesh bar council in 2006 and 2012.He was elected to the bar council of India for the first time in 2012.
Hemantkumar J. Patel is the member from the State Bar Council of Gujarat. He enrolled in Ahmedabad in 1977. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Gujarat in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Ashok Parija is the member from the State Bar Council of Orissa.
Zafar Ahmed Khan is the member from the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh. He enrolled as an advocate in 1973. He was first elected member of the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh in 2008 and a member of the Bar Council of India in the same year.
Jagdeesh C M is the member from the State Bar Council of Karnataka. He enrolled as an advocate in 1981 and was elected as a member of the State Bar Council of Karnataka in 2006. In 2008, he was elected to the Bar Council of India.
Apurba Kumar Sharma is the member from the State Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
Vijay Bhatt is the member from the State Bar Council of Uttarakhand. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Uttarkhand in 2004. He was elected to the Bar Council of India in 2010.
Biri Singh Sinsinwar is the member from the State Bar Council of Rajasthan. He was elected Chairman of the Bar Council of Rajasthan in 2003 and recently to the Bar Council of India.
Shri Rajinder Singh Rana is the member from the State Bar Council of Delhi. He was first elected to the state Bar Council of Delhi in 1998 where he became Vice Chairman in 2000. In 2010, he was elected to the Bar Council of India. He was arrested on 20 December 2010 by CBI on charges of taking bribe for granting recognition to a Law college in Ghaziabad.[3]
Manan Kumar Mishra is the member from the State Bar Council of Bihar. He enrolled as an advocate in 1980 and was elected a member of the State Bar Council of Bihar in 1988. He was elected to the Bar Council of India in 2010.
All applicants for enrollment as advocates are required under Section 24 (1) (f) of the Advocates Act, 1961 to pay an enrollment fee of Rs.600/- (Rupees Six hundred only) to the respective State Bar Council and Rs.150/- (Rupees One hundred Fifty only) to the Bar Council of India. These payments should be made using separate demand drafts.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the head authority of the Council and responsible for giving effect to the resolutions of the Council. The chairman is Shri Milan Kumar Dey. The committee’s duties are to: 1. Manage and invest funds in a manner directed by the Council 2. Grant leave to staff members 3. Prescribe books of account, registers and files for the proper management of the Council’s affairs 4. Assign and supervise the staff’s work and define the conditions of service 5. Appoint auditors and determine their pay 6. Present the annual audit report, administration report and statement of account to the Council 7. Maintain a library and issue legal publications 8. Determine allowances to members of the different committees of the Council as well as staff members 9. Delegate any of the powers to the Chairman and/or Vice Chairman
Legal Education Committee
The Legal Education Committee make recommendations to the Bar Council of India on matters related to legal education. The Legal Education Committee has the authority to set standards of legal education, visit and inspect universities, recommend the pre requisites for foreign advocates practicing law in India, recommend recognition or discontinuance of a law degree from a University. The Chairman, presently Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. P. Misra, is elected by the members of the committee.
Disciplinary Committee
The disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India reviews applications by persons against summary dismissal of their complaints against advocates for professional misconduct, by the State Bar Councils.
Appeals lie before the Bar Council of India against orders of the disciplinary committees of the State Bar Councils. Every such appeal is heard by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India, which may pass an order, including an order varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council. Each disciplinary committee consists of three members. The term of the members of this committee is three years.
Advocate Welfare Committee
The Advocates Welfare Committee looks into applications made by advocates for welfare funds. It verifies the application and provides funds. The Advocates Welfare committee is certified by the Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001.
Legal Aid Committee
The Legal Aid Committee provides aids to those requiring legal assistance.
Building Committee
The Building Committee is responsible for setting up offices for the Council.
Rules Committee
The Rules Committee reviews the rules and regulations of the Council.
(a) Continuing Legal Education
(b) Teachers training
(c) Advanced specialized professional courses
(d) Education program for Indian students seeking registration after obtaining Law Degree from a Foreign University
(c) Research on professional Legal Education and Standardization
(f) Seminar and workshop
(g) Legal Research
(h)Any other assignment that may be assigned to it by the Legal Education committee and the Bar Council of India.
The first All India Bar Examination took place on December 5, 2010. It is mandatory for all future law graduates to clear this examination in order to practice law in India. Since then it has organised five more examinations (as of May 2013).
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD or MHRD) (Hindi: मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय) is an Indian government ministry, responsible for the development of human resources.
The ministry is divided into two departments: the Department of School
Education and Literacy, which deals with primary and secondary
education, adult education and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university education, technical education, scholarship etc. The erstwhile Ministry of Education now functions under these two departments, as of September 26, 1985.[1]
The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister of Human Resource Development is Pallam Raju. He is assisted by ministers of state for HRD, Shashi Tharoor and Jitin Prasada.
The types of universities include:
Apart from the above universities, other institutions are granted the permission to autonomously award degrees. However, they do not affiliate colleges and are not officially called "universities" but "autonomous organizations" or "autonomous institutes". They fall under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education.[10] These organizations include the Indian Institutes of Technology, the National Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the Indian Institutes of Management (though these award diplomas, not degrees)[11] and other autonomous institutes. These institutes are not listed below. Also not listed are institutes which are under the control of the professional councils, without approval of the UGC, e.g. Agricultural Universities, which are under the control of the Agricultural Education Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), one of the professional councils.[12][13]
% Does not include the National School of Drama which changed status on 7 October 2011, and its current status is unclear.[14]
Distance
education classes at IASAM ACADEMY have both regular and distance
format. Some
courses also include a weekend of intensive on-campus lectures. courses
span a full semester and have scheduled assignments and exams.
But the formats differ in presentation and technical requirements.
Distance education, distance learning, dlearning or D-Learning
is a mode of delivering education and instruction, often on an
individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a
traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance learning provides
"access to learning when the source of information and the learners are
separated by time and distance, or both."
Distance education courses that require a physical on-site presence for
any reason (including taking examinations) have been referred to as
hybrid or blended courses of study. Massive open online courses(MOOC),
aimed at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the
web or other network technologies, are a recent development in distance
education.
History and development
Distance education dates back to at least as early as 1728 when an
advertisement in the Boston Gazette promoted "Caleb Phillips, Teacher of
the new method of Short Hand," who sought students who wanted to learn through weekly mailed lessons.
Similarly, Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.
Distance education has a long history, but its popularity and use has
grown exponentially as more advanced technology has become available.
By 2008, online learning programs were available in the [[United
States]] in 44 states at the K-12 level.
Correspondence courses from universities
The University of London was the first university to offer distance learning degrees, establishing its External Programme
in 1858. This program is now known as the University of London
International Programmes and includes Postgraduate, Undergraduate and
Diploma degrees created by colleges such as the London School of
Economics, Royal Holloway and Goldsmiths.
In the United States William Rainey Harper, first president of the University of Chicago,
developed the concept of extended education, whereby the research
university had satellite colleges of education in the wider community.
In 1892 he also encouraged the concept of correspondence school courses
to further promote education, an idea that was put into practice by Columbia University.
Enrollment in the largest private for-profit school based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the International Correspondence Schools
grew explosively in the 1890s. Originally founded in 1888 to provide
training for immigrant coal miners aiming to become state mine
inspectors or foremen, it enrolled 2500 new students in 1894 and
matriculated 72,000 new students in 1895. By 1906 total enrollments
reached 900,000. The growth was due to sending out complete textbooks
instead of single lessons, and the use of 1200 aggressive in-person
salesmen. By 1916 it was spending $2 million a year on magazine
advertising.The dropout rates were high; only one in six made it past the first
third of the material in a course. Only 2.6% of students who began a
course finished it. The students dropped out because they underestimated
the difficulty, had little encouragement, and had poor study habits. There was a stark contrast in pedagogy:
"The regular technical school or college aims to educate a man
broadly; our aim, on the contrary, is to educate him only along some
particular line. The college demands that a student shall have certain
educational qualifications to enter it, and that all students study for
approximately the same length of time, and when they have finished their
courses they are supposed to be qualified to enter any one of a number
of branches in some particular profession. We, on the contrary, are
aiming to make our courses fit the particular needs of the student who
takes them."
Education was a high priority in the Progressive Era,
as American high schools and colleges expanded greatly. For men who
were older or were too busy with family responsibilities, night schools
were opened, such as the YMCA school in Boston that became Northeastern University.
Outside the big cities, private correspondence schools offered a
flexible, narrowly focused solution. In 1916 efficiency was enhanced by
the formation of the National Association of Corporation Schools.
Universities
around the world used correspondence courses in the
first half of the 20th century, especially to reach rural students.
Australia with its vast distances was especially active; the University
of Queensland established its Department of Correspondence Studies in
1911. The International Conference for Correspondence Education held its first meeting in 1938.
The goal was to provide individualized education for students, at low
cost, by using a pedagogy of testing, recording, classification, and
differentiation.
Radio and television
The very rapid spread of radio in the United States in the 1930s led
to proposals to use it for distance education. By 1938, at least 200
city school systems, 25 state boards of education, and many colleges and
universities broadcast educational programs for the public schools. One line of thought was to use radio as a master teacher.
- " Experts in given fields broadcast lessons for pupils within the many schoolrooms of the public school system, asking questions, suggesting readings, making assignments, and conducting tests. This mechanizes education and leaves the local teacher only the tasks of preparing for the broadcast and keeping order in the classroom."
A
typical setup came in Kentucky in 1948 when John Wilkinson Taylor,
president of the University of Louisville, teamed up with the National
Broadcasting Corporation
to use radio as a medium for distance education, The chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission endorsed the project and predicted
that the "college-by-radio" would put "American education 25 years
ahead." The University was owned by the city, and local residents would
pay the low tuition rates, receive their study materials in the mail,
and listen by radio to live classroom discussions that were held on
campus.
Charles
Wedemeyer of the University of Wisconsin–Madison also promoted new
methods. From 1964 to 1968, the Carnegie Foundation funded Wedemeyer's Articulated Instructional Media Project
(AIM) which brought in a variety of communications technologies aimed
at providing learning to an off-campus population. According to Moore's
recounting, AIM impressed the UK which imported these ideas when
establishing in 1969 The Open University, which initially relied on
radio and television broadcasts for much of its delivery.Athabasca
University, Canada's Open University, was created in 1970 and followed a
similar, though independently developed, pattern. The Open University
inspired the creation of Spain's National University of Distance
Education (1972) and Germany's FernUniversität in Hagen (1974). There
are now many similar institutions around the world, often with the name
"Open University" (in English
or in the local language). All "open universities" use distance
education technologies as delivery methodologies and some have grown to
become 'mega-universities',
a term coined to denote institutions with more than 100,000 students.
In 1976, Bernard Luskin launched Coastline Community College as a
college beyond walls, combining computer assisted instruction with
telecourses proceed by KOCE TV, the Coast Community College District
public television station. Coastline has been a landmark strategic
success in helping to establish online distance learning using modern
technology for learning.
Internet
Main article: Virtual education
The
widespread use of computers and the internet have made distance
learning easier and faster, and today virtual schools and virtual
universities deliver full curricula online.[26]
In 1996 Jones International University was launched and claims to be
the first fully online university accredited by a regional accrediting
association in the US.[27]
Between 2000 and 2008, undergraduate enrollment in at least some
distance programs became more and more common. The share of students "in
at least one distance education class expanded from 8 percent to 20
percent, and the percentage enrolled in a distance education degree
program increased from 2 percent to 4 percent."[28]
Many
private, public, non-profit
and for-profit institutions worldwide now offer distance education
courses from the most basic instruction through the highest levels of
degree and doctoral programs. Levels of accreditation vary: Widely
respected universities such as Stanford University and Harvard now
deliver online courses—but other online schools receive little outside
oversight, and some are actually fraudulent, i.e., diploma mills. In the
US, the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) specializes in
the accreditation of distance education institutions.
In the United States in 2011, it was found that a third of all the
students enrolled in postsecondary education had taken an accredited
online course in a postsecondary institution.
Even though growth rates are slow, enrollment for online courses has
been seen to increase with the advance in technology. The majority of
public and private colleges now offer full academic programs online.[30] These include, but are not limited to, training programs in the mental health,[31] occupational therapy,[32][33] family therapy,[34] art therapy,[35] physical therapy,[33] and rehabilitation counseling[36] fields.
Technologies
Although the expansion of the Internet blurs the boundaries, distance
education technologies are divided into two modes of delivery: synchronous learning and asynchronous learning.
In synchronous learning, all participants are "present" at the same
time. In this regard, it resembles traditional classroom teaching
methods despite the participants being located remotely. It requires a
timetable to be organized. Web conferencing, videoconferencing, educational television, instructional television are examples of synchronous technology, as are direct-broadcast satellite (DBS), internet radio, live streaming, telephone, and web-based VoIP.[37] Online meeting software such as Adobe Connect has helped to facilitate meetings in distance learning courses.
In asynchronous learning, participants access course materials
flexibly on their own schedules. Students are not required to be
together at the same time. Mail correspondence, which is the oldest form
of distance education, is an asynchronous delivery technology, as are message board forums, e-mail, video and audio recordings, print materials, voicemail and fax.[37]
The two methods can be combined. Many courses offered by The Open University use periodic sessions of residential or day teaching to supplement the remote teaching.[38]
The Open University uses a blend of technologies and a blend of
learning modalities (face-to-face, distance and hybrid) all under the
rubric of "distance learning."
Distance learning can also use interactive radio instruction (IRI), interactive audio instruction (IAI), online virtual worlds, digital games, webinars, and webcasts.[38]
Distance e-Learning
For Distance e-Learning in the Philippine setting, see Distance e-Learning (Philippines).
Distance e-Learning, or DeL, is a form of distance
education that uses synchronous and asynchronous online communication in
an interactive learning environment to bridge the gap in temporal or
spatial constraints. Distance e-Learning is different from mainstream
distance education because of the former's interactive nature and the
latter's traditional focus on content delivery and independent learning.
Distance e-Learning goes beyond the use of information and communications technology
as a tool to access information; "the focus is shifted to the education
transaction in the form of virtual community of learners sustainable
across time."[39] Online learning has its roots in computer conferencing and collaborative constructivist approach to learning.[39]
Benefits
Distance learning can expand access to education and training for
both general populace and businesses since its flexible scheduling
structure lessens the effects of the many time-constraints imposed by
personal responsibilities and commitments.[40]
Devolving some activities off-site alleviates institutional capacity
constraints arising from the traditional demand on institutional
buildings and infrastructure.[40]
Furthermore, there is the potential for increased access to more
experts in the field and to other students from diverse geographical,
social, cultural, economic, and experiential backgrounds.[34] As the population at large becomes more involved in lifelong learning
beyond the normal schooling age, institutions can benefit financially,
and adult learning business courses may be particularly lucrative.[40] Distance education programs can act as a catalyst for institutional innovation[40] and are at least as effective as face-to-face learning programs,[32][41] especially if the instructor is knowledgeable and skilled.[35]
Distance education can also provide a broader method of communication
within the realm of education. With the many tools and programs that
technological advancements have to offer, communication appears to
increase in distance education amongst students and their professors, as
well as students and their classmates. The distance educational
increase in communication, particularly communication amongst students
and their classmates, is an improvement that has been made to provide
distance education students with as many of the opportunities as
possible as they would receive in in-person education. The improvement
being made in distance education is growing in tandem with the constant
technological advancements. Present-day online communication allows
students to associate with accredited schools and programs throughout
the world that are out of reach for in-person learning. By having the
opportunity to be involved in global institutions via distance
education, a diverse array of thought is presented to students through
communication with their classmates. This is beneficial because students
have the opportunity to "combine new opinions with their own, and
develop a solid foundation for learning.".[42]
It has been shown through research that "as learners become aware of
the variations in interpretation and construction of meaning among a
range of people [they] construct an individual meaning," which can help
students become knowledable of a wide array of viewpoints in education.[42]
To increase the likelihood that students will build effective ties with
one another during the course, instructors should use similar
assignments for students across different locations to overcome the
influence of co-location on relationship building.[43]
The high cost of education effects students in higher education, to
which distance education may be an alternative in order to provide some
relief. Distance education has been a more cost-effective form of
learning, and can sometimes save students a significant amount of money
as opposed to traditional education. Distance education may be able to
help to save students a considerable amount financially by removing the
cost of transportation.[44]
In addition, distance education may be able to save students from the
economic burden of high-priced course textbooks. Many textbooks are now
available as electronic textbooks, known as e-textbooks, which can offer
digital textbooks for a reduced price in comparison to traditional
textbooks. Also, the increasing improvements in technology have resulted
in many school libraries having a partnership with digital publishers
that offer course materials for free, which can help students
significantly with educational costs.[44]
Within the class, students are able to learn in ways that traditional
classrooms would not be able to provide. It is able to promote good
learning experiences and therefore, allow students to obtain higher
satisfaction with their online learning.[45]
For example, students can review their lessons more than once according
to their need. Students can then manipulate the coursework to fit their
learning by focusing more on their weaker topics while breezing through
concepts that they already have or can easily grasp.[45]
When course design and the learning environment are at their optimal
conditions, distance education can lead students to higher satisfaction
with their learning experiences.[46]
Studies have shown that high satisfaction correlates to increased
learning. Students who are enrolled in distance education with high
satisfaction in their online coursework are then motivated intrinsically
to learn, which often means that their performance in class will
improve.[46]
For those in a healthcare or mental health distance learning program,
online-based interactions have the potential to foster deeper
reflections and discussions of client issues[33]
as well as a quicker response to client issues, since supervision
happens on a regular basis and is not limited to a weekly supervision
meeting.[36]
This also may contribute to the students feeling a greater sense of
support, since they have ongoing and regular access to their instructors
and other students.[33][36]
Distance learning may enable students who are unable to attend a traditional school setting, due to disability or illness such as decreased mobility and immune system suppression, to get a good education.[47]
Distance education may provide equal access regardless of socioeconomic
status or income, area of residence, gender, race, age, or cost per
student.[48] Applying universal design
strategies to distance learning courses as they are being developed
(rather than instituting accommodations for specific students on an
as-needed basis) can increase the accessibility of such courses to students with a range of abilities, disabilities, learning styles, and native languages.[49]
Distance education graduates, who would have never have been associated
with the school under a traditional system, may donate money to the
school.[50]
Distance Learning may also offer a final opportunity for adolescences
that are no longer permitted in the General Education population due to
behavior disorders. Instead of these students having no other academic
opportunities, they may continue their education from their homes and
earn their diplomas, offering them another chance to be an integral part
of society.
Criticism
Barriers to effective distance education include obstacles such as domestic distractions and unreliable technology,[51] as well as students' program costs, adequate contact with teachers and support services, and a need for more experience.[52]
Some students attempt to participate in distance education without
proper training of the tools needed to be successful in the program.
Students must be provided with training on each tool that is used
throughout the program. The lack of advanced technology skills can lead
to an unsuccessful experience. Schools have a responsibility to adopt a
proactive policy for managing technology barriers.[53]
The results of a study of Washington state community college students
showed that distance learning students tended to drop out more often
than their traditional counterparts due to difficulties in language,
time management, and study skills.[54]
There is a theoretical problem about the application of traditional
teaching methods to online courses because online courses may have no
upper size limit. Daniel Barwick
noted that there is no evidence that large class size is always worse
or that small class size is always better, although a negative link has
been established between certain types of instruction in large classes
and learning outcomes; he argued that higher education has not made a
sufficient effort to experiment with a variety of instructional methods
to determine whether large class size is always negatively correlated
with a reduction in learning outcomes.[55] Early proponents of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)s
saw them as just the type of experiment that Barwick had pointed out
was lacking in higher education, although Barwick himself has never
advocated for MOOCs.
Finally, there may also be institutional challenges. Distance
learning is new enough that it may be a challenge to gain support for
these programs in a traditional brick-and-mortar academic learning
environment.[33] Furthermore, it may be more difficult for the instructor to organize and plan a distance learning program,[36] especially since many are new programs and their organizational needs are different from a traditional learning program.
Open universities
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The term open university or open universities usually refers to a university with an open-door academic policy, i.e. no entry requirements. The term may specifically refer to:
- The Open University in the UK
- Open Universiteit Nederland in the Netherlands
- Open University of Mauritius in Mauritius
- Hellenic Open University (ΕΑΠ, Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο) in Greece
- Open Universities Australia
- Open University Malaysia in Malaysia
- Indira Gandhi National Open University in India
- Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University in Assam, India
- The Global Open University Nagaland in India
- Allama Iqbal Open University in Pakistan
- Bangladesh Open University in Bangladesh
- Open University of Indonesia
- Open University of Israel
- Open University of Cyprus
- Open University of Japan
- Open University of Catalonia
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University
- University of the Philippines Open University
- Open University of Sudan
- Open University of Hong Kong
- The Intercultural Open University
- Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in Thailand
- Wawasan Open University in Malaysia
Distance Education Council
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Distance Education Council | |
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Abbreviation | DEC |
Formation | 1985 |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
Location | Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068, India |
Leader | Chairman: Dr. M. Aslam,.[1][2] Director: Dr. Nalini A. Lele[1] |
Main organ | Council |
Affiliations | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development |
Website | Official website |
Distance Education Council (DEC) is an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India. The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act (1985).[3][4] Its consistent with the duty of the University that takes all such steps as it may deem fit for the promotion of the Open University and distance education
systems in the educational pattern of the country and for the
coordination and determination of standards of teaching, evaluation
& research in such systems; and in pursuance of the objects of the
University to encourage greater flexibility, diversity, accessibility,
mobility and innovation in education at the University level by making
full use of the latest scientific knowledge and new educational
technology, and to further cooperation between the existing
Universities. It is considered necessary and expedient to establish a
Distance Education Council as an authority of the University under
Section 16 of the Act. [5][6][7]
The Distance Education Council (DEC) is an apex body for the Open and
Distance Learning (ODL) system in the country. It is empowered, under
Statute 28 of the IGNOU Act, to act as an apex body for the ODL system.
It is responsible for promotion, coordination and maintenance of
standards of the ODL system. The Vice Chancellor of IGNOU is the
ex-officio Chairperson of DEC. [8]
In june 2013, UGC has taken over Distance Education Council. The UGC
has constituted a Committee to examine the pending proposals of
programme-wise recognition to the institutions.
University Grants Commission (India)
Abbreviation | UGC |
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Motto | Gyan-Vigyan Vimuktaye (Knowledge Liberates) |
Formation | December 28, 1953 |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
Location | India |
Chairman | Prof. Ved Prakash |
Affiliations | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development |
Website | www.ugc.ac.in |
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History
UGC was recommended in 1945 and formed in 1946 to oversee the work of the three Central Universities of Aligarh, Banaras and, Delhi. In 1947, the Committee was entrusted with the responsibility of dealing with all the then existing Universities. After independence, the University Education Commission was set up in 1948 under the Chairmanship of S. Radhakrishnan and it recommended that the UGC be reconstituted on the general model of the University Grants Commission of the United Kingdom.UGC was formally inaugurated by Abul Kalam Azad, the Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December 1953.
The UGC was however, formally established in November 1956, by an Act of Parliament as a statutory body of the Government of India. In order to ensure effective region-wise coverage throughout the country, the UGC has decentralised its operations by setting up six regional centres at Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Guwahati and Bangalore. The head office of the UGC is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi, with two additional bureaus operating from 35, Feroze Shah Road and the South Campus of University of Delhi as well.
UGC's Mandate
The UGC has the unique distinction of being the only grant-giving agency in the country which has been vested with two responsibilities: that of providing funds and that of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions of higher education.The UGC's mandate includes:
- Promoting and coordinating university education.
- Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities.
- Framing regulations on minimum standards of education.
- Monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education; disbursing grants to the universities and colleges.
- Serving as a vital link between the Union and state governments and institutions of higher learning.
- Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for improvement of university education.
Professional councils
UGC currently conducts NET for appointments of teachers in colleges and universities. It has made NET qualification mandatory for teaching at Graduation level and at Post Graduation level since July 2009. However, those with Ph.D are given five percent relaxation.Accreditation for higher learning over Universities under the aegis of University Grants Commission is overseen by following sixteen autonomous statutory institutions :[3][4]
- All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
- Distance Education Council (DEC)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Bar Council of India (BCI)
- National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
- Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
- Medical Council of India (MCI)
- Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)
- Indian Nursing Council (INC)
- Dental Council of India (DCI)
- Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH)
- Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM)
- Rehabilitation Council[4]
- National Council for Rural Institutes
- State Councils of Higher Education
- Council of Architecture
Plans for closing
In 2009, the Union Minister of Education made open the government of India's plans to close down UGC and the related body All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), in favour of a higher regulatory body with more sweeping powers.[5] As of 2013 the UGC is still operating.References
- ^ Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Ugc.ac.in. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
- ^ University Grants Commission Govt. of India website.
- ^ "Higher education in India". Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ a b "Professional Councils". 'University Grants Commission' (UGC) website.
- ^ "UGC, AICTE to be scrapped: Sibal". iGovernment.in. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
NCTE
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NCTE may refer to:- The National Center for Transgender Equality
- The US-based National Council of Teachers of English
- The National Centre for Technology in Education, an Irish Government agency
- National Council for Teacher Education, the top government of India body regulating institutions providing education in teacher training in India.
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Welcome to NCTE, New DelhiThe National Council for Teacher Education, in its previous status since 1973, was an advisory body for the Central and State Governments on all matters pertaining to teacher education, with its Secretariat in the Department of Teacher Education of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Despite its commendable work in the academic fields, it could not perform essential regulatory functions, to ensure maintenance of standards in teacher education and preventing proliferation of substandard teacher education institutions. The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986 and the Programme of Action there under, envisaged a National Council for Teacher Education with statutory status and necessary resources as a first step for overhauling the system of teacher education. The National Council for Teacher Education as a statutory body came into existence in pursuance of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993) on the 17th August,1995.
The main objective of the NCTE is to achieve planned and coordinated development of the teacher education system throughout the country, the regulation and proper maintenance of Norms and Standards in the teacher education system and for matters connected therewith.All India Council for Technical Education
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchThis article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2012) All India Council for Technical Education Abbreviation AICTE Formation November, 1945 Headquarters New Delhi Location Thiruvananthapuram,Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Bhopal, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon[1] Main organ Council Affiliations Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development Website http://www.aicte-india.org/ Remarks Dr. S S Mantha, Chairperson (acting)
It is assisted by 10 Statutory Boards of Studies, namely, UG Studies in Eng. & Tech., PG and Research in Eng. and Tech., Management Studies, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Architecture, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Information Technology, Town and Country Planning. The AICTE has its headquarters in 7th Floor, Chanderlok Building, Janpath, New Delhi, which has the offices of the chairman, vice-chairman and the member secretary, plus it has regional offices at Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Bhopal, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon.[4]
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Objectives
The AICTE Act of 1987
AICTE is vested with statutory authority for planning, formulation and maintenance of norms and standards, quality assurance through school accreditation, funding in priority areas, monitoring and evaluation, maintaining parity of certification and awards and ensuring coordinated and integrated development and management of technical education in the country as part of the AICTE Act No. 52 of 1987.
The AICTE Act, stated verbatim reads:
- To provide for establishment of an All India council for Technical Education with a view to the proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith.
Current objective
In order to improve upon the present technical education system, the current objectives is to modify the engineering curriculum as follows:
- Greater emphasis on design oriented teaching, teaching of design methodologies, problem solving approach.
- Greater exposure to industrial and manufacturing processes.
- Exclusion of outmoded technologies and inclusion of the new appropriate and emerging technologies.
- Greater input of management education and professional communication skills.
AICTE bureaus
The AICTE comprises nine bureaus, namely:
- Faculty Development (FD) Bureau
- Undergraduate Education (UG) Bureau
- Postgraduate Education and Research (PGER) Bureau
- Quality Assurance (QA) Bureau
- Planning and Co-ordination (PC) Bureau
- Research and Institutional Development (RID) Bureau
- Administration (Admin) Bureau
- Finance (Fin) Bureau
- Academic (Acad) Bureau
Increase in approved institutions
Growth of Seats in different Programs in Technical Institutions[5]
Year Engineering Management MCA Pharmacy Architecture HMCT Total 2005-06 499697 122663 61991 32708 4379 4435 725873 2006-07 550986 144372 63394 39517 4543 4242 807054 2007-08 653290 185780 78692 52334 4543 5275 979914 2008-09 841018 227989 82578 64211 4543 5794 1226133 2009-10 1071896 273732 121123 72836 4133 6387 1550107 2010-11 1324246 378907 135173 103867 4933 7061 1954482 Reforms
In 2009, the Union Minister of Education formally communicated his intentions of closing down AICTE and related body, the University Grants Commission (UGC).[6] This later led to reforms in the way the AICTE approves institutes, and to establishing the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) as an independent body.[7] As of 2013 the AICTE still operates.
See also
External links
References
- ^ Regional Offices AICTE website.
- ^ Technical Education Overview Department of Higher Education
- ^ AICTE Act[dead link]
- ^ National Level Councils Tech Ed., Department of Higher Education.
- ^ Growth of institutions affiliated to AICTE
- ^ "UGC, AICTE to be scrapped: Sibal". iGovernment.in. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "AICTE to revamp its approval system next week". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
Bar Council of India
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History
After the Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950, the Inter-University Board passed a resolution emphasizing the need for an all-India Bar and the importance of uniformly high standards for law examinations in different Universities. In May 1950, the Madras Provincial Lawyers Conference, held under the presidency of Shri S. Varadachariar, resolved that a committee appointed by the Government of India should evolve a scheme for an all-India Bar and amend the Indian Bar Councils Act such that it conforms to the new Constitution.On April 12, 1951, Shri Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, a Member of Parliament, proposed a bill to amend the India Bar Councils Act. The Government of India concluded that it was necessary for the Government to sponsor the Bill. In August 1951, a Committee of Inquiry was set up to consider the feasibility of a unified Bar in India, the continuance or abolition of the dual system of counsel for each state, possibility of a separate Bar Council for the Supreme Court and the revision of enactments related to the legal profession.
On March 30, 1953, the All India Bar Committee, headed by Hon’ble Shri S. R. Das, submitted a report. This report proposed the creation of a Bar Council for each state and an All-India Bar Council as an apex body. It was suggested that the All India Bar Council should regulate the legal profession and set the standard of legal education. The Law Commission of India was assigned the job of assembling a report on judicial administration reforms.
In 1961, the Advocates Act was introduced to implement the recommendations made by the All India Bar Committee and Law Commission. Shri M. C. Setalvad was the first Chairman and Shri C. K. Daphtary as the Vice Chairman. In 1963, Shri C. K. Daphtary became the Chairman and Shri S. K. Ghose became the Vice Chairman.[1]
Functions
Section 7 of the Advocates Act, 1961[2] lays down the Bar Council’s regulatory and representative mandate. The functions of the Bar Council are to:1. Lay down standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates
2. Lay down procedure to be followed by disciplinary committees
3. Safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates
4. Promote and support law reform
5. Deal with and dispose of any matter which may be referred by a State Bar Council
6. Promote legal education and lay down standards of legal education.
7. Determine universities whose degree in law shall be a qualification for enrollment as an advocate.
8. Conduct seminars on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest.
9. Organize and provide legal aid to the poor.
10. Recognize foreign qualifications in law obtained outside India for admission as an advocate.
11. Manage and invest funds of the Bar Council.
12. Provide for the election of its members who shall run the Bar Councils.
13: organize and provide legal aid to the scheduled cast.
Constitution
The Bar Council of India consists of members elected from each State Bar Council, and the Attorney General of India and the Solicitor General of India who are ex-officio members. The members from the State Bar Councils are elected for a period of five years.The Council elects its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman for a period of two years from amongst its members. Assisted by the various committees of the Council, the chairman acts as the chief executive and director of the Council.
The current Chairman is Manan Kumar Mishra. He succeeded Ashok Parija who in turn succeeded Gopal Subramaniam who laid down office upon his elevation as Solicitor General of the country.
The other members of the Council are:
R. Dhanapal Raj, the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of India, enrolled in Tamil Nadu in 1978. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2005, where he was Chairman of the Executive Committee till 2007.
Ashok Kumar Deb, the Managing Trustee of the Bar Council of India Trust, is the member from the State Bar Council of West Bengal.
Milan Kumar Dey, who is the Chairman of the Executive Committee, is the member from the State Bar Council of Jharkhand. He enrolled as an advocate in 1990. He was elected member of the Bar Council of Jharkhand and a member of the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Daulat Ram Sharma, the Associate Managing Trustee of the Bar Council of India Trust, is the member from the State Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh. He enrolled as an advocate in 1976. He was elected to the State Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh in 2000 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Brij Mohan Vinayak is the member from the State Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana. He enrolled as an advocate in 1979 and became a member of the State Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in 2002. He became Vice-Chairman in 2005 and was elected member of the Bar Council of India in 2010.
G E Vahanvati is the Attorney General of India and an ex-officio member of the Bar Council of India.
Faisal Rizvi is the member from the State Bar Council of Chhattisgarh. He has practiced law since 1991. In 2002, he was first elected to the State Bar Council of Chattisgarh and was elected to the Bar Council of India in the same year.
Rajendra B. Raghuvanshi is the member from the State Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. He enrolled as an advocate in 1981. He was elected Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in 1998, and in 2004, he was elected to the Bar Council of India.
S. Gopakumaran Nair is the member from the State Bar Council of Kerala.
Gopal Narain Mishra is the member from the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh. He enrolled in Lucknow in 1970. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
N. Ramchander Rao is the member from the State Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh.He enrolled as an advocate in 1986.He was elected to the andhra pradesh bar council in 2006 and 2012.He was elected to the bar council of India for the first time in 2012.
Hemantkumar J. Patel is the member from the State Bar Council of Gujarat. He enrolled in Ahmedabad in 1977. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Gujarat in 1994 and to the Bar Council of India in 2006.
Ashok Parija is the member from the State Bar Council of Orissa.
Zafar Ahmed Khan is the member from the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh. He enrolled as an advocate in 1973. He was first elected member of the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh in 2008 and a member of the Bar Council of India in the same year.
Jagdeesh C M is the member from the State Bar Council of Karnataka. He enrolled as an advocate in 1981 and was elected as a member of the State Bar Council of Karnataka in 2006. In 2008, he was elected to the Bar Council of India.
Apurba Kumar Sharma is the member from the State Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
Vijay Bhatt is the member from the State Bar Council of Uttarakhand. He was first elected to the State Bar Council of Uttarkhand in 2004. He was elected to the Bar Council of India in 2010.
Biri Singh Sinsinwar is the member from the State Bar Council of Rajasthan. He was elected Chairman of the Bar Council of Rajasthan in 2003 and recently to the Bar Council of India.
Shri Rajinder Singh Rana is the member from the State Bar Council of Delhi. He was first elected to the state Bar Council of Delhi in 1998 where he became Vice Chairman in 2000. In 2010, he was elected to the Bar Council of India. He was arrested on 20 December 2010 by CBI on charges of taking bribe for granting recognition to a Law college in Ghaziabad.[3]
Manan Kumar Mishra is the member from the State Bar Council of Bihar. He enrolled as an advocate in 1980 and was elected a member of the State Bar Council of Bihar in 1988. He was elected to the Bar Council of India in 2010.
Enrollment of advocates
Eligible persons are admitted as advocates on the rolls of the State Bar Councils. The Advocates Act, 1961 empowers State Bar Councils to frame their own rules regarding enrollment of advocates. The Council’s Enrollment Committee may scrutinize a candidate’s application. Those admitted as advocates by any State Bar Council are eligible for a Certificate of Enrollment.All applicants for enrollment as advocates are required under Section 24 (1) (f) of the Advocates Act, 1961 to pay an enrollment fee of Rs.600/- (Rupees Six hundred only) to the respective State Bar Council and Rs.150/- (Rupees One hundred Fifty only) to the Bar Council of India. These payments should be made using separate demand drafts.
Committees
The Bar Council of India has various committees that make recommendations to the Council. The members of these committees are elected from amongst the members of the Council.Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the head authority of the Council and responsible for giving effect to the resolutions of the Council. The chairman is Shri Milan Kumar Dey. The committee’s duties are to: 1. Manage and invest funds in a manner directed by the Council 2. Grant leave to staff members 3. Prescribe books of account, registers and files for the proper management of the Council’s affairs 4. Assign and supervise the staff’s work and define the conditions of service 5. Appoint auditors and determine their pay 6. Present the annual audit report, administration report and statement of account to the Council 7. Maintain a library and issue legal publications 8. Determine allowances to members of the different committees of the Council as well as staff members 9. Delegate any of the powers to the Chairman and/or Vice Chairman
Legal Education Committee
The Legal Education Committee make recommendations to the Bar Council of India on matters related to legal education. The Legal Education Committee has the authority to set standards of legal education, visit and inspect universities, recommend the pre requisites for foreign advocates practicing law in India, recommend recognition or discontinuance of a law degree from a University. The Chairman, presently Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. P. Misra, is elected by the members of the committee.
Disciplinary Committee
The disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India reviews applications by persons against summary dismissal of their complaints against advocates for professional misconduct, by the State Bar Councils.
Appeals lie before the Bar Council of India against orders of the disciplinary committees of the State Bar Councils. Every such appeal is heard by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India, which may pass an order, including an order varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council. Each disciplinary committee consists of three members. The term of the members of this committee is three years.
Advocate Welfare Committee
The Advocates Welfare Committee looks into applications made by advocates for welfare funds. It verifies the application and provides funds. The Advocates Welfare committee is certified by the Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001.
Legal Aid Committee
The Legal Aid Committee provides aids to those requiring legal assistance.
Building Committee
The Building Committee is responsible for setting up offices for the Council.
Rules Committee
The Rules Committee reviews the rules and regulations of the Council.
Directorate of Legal Education
The Bar Council of India has established a Directorate of Legal Education for the purpose of organizing, running, conducting, holding, and administering the following.(a) Continuing Legal Education
(b) Teachers training
(c) Advanced specialized professional courses
(d) Education program for Indian students seeking registration after obtaining Law Degree from a Foreign University
(c) Research on professional Legal Education and Standardization
(f) Seminar and workshop
(g) Legal Research
(h)Any other assignment that may be assigned to it by the Legal Education committee and the Bar Council of India.
All India Bar Examination
On April 10, 2010, the Bar Council of India resolved to conduct an All India Bar Examination that tests an advocate’s ability to practice law. It is required for an advocate to pass this examination to practice law. This examination shall be held biannually, in April and November, and will test advocates on substantive and procedural law. It will assess basic analytical capabilities and knowledge of law. The syllabi for this examination will be published at least three months before the examination. An advocate may appear for the examination any number of times. Once the advocate passes the examination, he/she will be entitled to a Certificate of Practice.The first All India Bar Examination took place on December 5, 2010. It is mandatory for all future law graduates to clear this examination in order to practice law in India. Since then it has organised five more examinations (as of May 2013).
References
- ^ a b About the Bar Council of India
- ^ Advocates Act, 1961
- ^ Chauhan, Neha (21 December 2010). "CBI detains Delhi BCI member Rana amidst allegations of bribery". Legally India. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)
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Republic of India Ministry of Human Resource Development |
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Department overview | |
Formed | Grameen Bharat Hindi Prachar Mandal |
Jurisdiction | Republic of India |
Headquarters | Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi |
Minister responsible | Pallam Raju, Union Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development |
Website | |
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The Ministry of Human Resources Development is headed by a minister of cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The current minister of Human Resource Development is Pallam Raju. He is assisted by ministers of state for HRD, Shashi Tharoor and Jitin Prasada.
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Ministers of Human Resource Development
- Murli Manohar Joshi (1998-2004)
- Arjun Singh (2004–2009)
- Kapil Sibal (2009-2012)
- Pallam Raju (2012–Present)
Department of School Education and Literacy
The Department of School Education and Literacy is responsible for development of school education and literacy in the country. It works on “universalisation of education” and for making better citizens out of youth.And it is also Human Republican Development.Department of Higher Education
Main article: Department of Higher Education (India)
The Department of Higher Education is in charge of secondary and post-secondary education. The department is empowered to grant deemed university status to educational institutions on the advice of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956.[2][3]
The Department of Higher Education takes care of one of the largest
higher education systems of the world, just after the United States and
China. The department is engaged in bringing world-class opportunities
of higher education and research to the country so that Indian students
are not found lacking when facing an international platform. For this,
the government has launched joint ventures and signed MoUs to help the
Indian student benefit from the world opinion.Organisational Structure
The department is divided into eight bureaus, and most the work of the department is handled through over 100 autonomous organisations under the these bureaus.[4]- University and Higher Education; Minoritiese Education
- University Grants Commission (UGC)
- Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
- Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
- Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)
- 39 Central Universities (including 12 new Central Universities which have been established w.e.f. 15.01.2009 by an ordinance promulgated by President of India)
- Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Shimla
- Technical Education
- All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)[5][6]
- Council of Architecture (COA)[7]
- 3 School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs)
- 16 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
- 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)
- 13 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
- 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
- 4 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)
- Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology
- 4 National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research (NITTTRs)
- 4 Regional Boards of Apprenticeship / Practical Training
- Administration and Languages
- Three Deemed Universities in the field of Sanskrit, viz.
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (RSkS)www.sanskrit.nic.in New Delhi,
- Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (SLBSRSV)www.slbsrsv.ac.in New Delhi,
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (RSV)www.rsvidyapeetha.ac.in Tirupati
- Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra
- English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
- National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL)
- National Council for Promotion of Sindhi Language (NCPSL)
- Three subordinate offices: Central Hindi Directorate (CHD), New Delhi; Commission for Scientific & Technological Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi; and Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore
- Distance Education and Scholarships
- UNESCO, International Cooperation, Book Promotion and Copyrights, Education Policy, Planning and Monitoring
- Integrated Finance Division.
- Statistics, Annual Plan and CMIS
- Administrative Reform, North Eastern Region, SC/ST/OBC
- National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
- National Book Trust (NBT)
- National Board of Accreditation (NBA)
- National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)
- National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
- Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)
- Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
- National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
- Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)
- National Foundation for Teachers' Welfare
- a public sector enterprise, Educational Consultants (India) Limited (EdCIL)
- Central Tibetan Administration,(Buearu of HH the Dalai Lama),(Lajpat nagar),Delhi
Inter-university centres (IUCs)
- Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
- Inter–University Consortium for DAE Facilities, Indore
- Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), Ahmedabad
- Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
- National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore
- Central Tibetan Administration, (Dharmsala)
See also
References
- ^ Ministry of Education Govt. of India portal.
- ^ "Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) Thiruvanathapuram Declared as Deemed to be University". Ministry of Human Resource Development (India), Press Information Bureau. July 14, 2008.
- ^ "IIST gets deemed university status". The Hindu. Jul 15, 2008.
- ^ ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Department of Higher Education.
- ^ Technical Education Overview Dept of Ed.
- ^ National Level Councils Tech Ed.
- ^ Council of Architecture website. Coa.gov.in (1972-09-01). Retrieved on 2012-04-14.
External links
- Official website
- Department of School Education and Literacy, website
- News Update on MHRD
- [http.poornachandra.co.in//index.php EdCIL, Website]
List of universities in India
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The higher education system in India includes both private and public universities. Public universities are supported by the Government of India and the state governments, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies. Universities in India are recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.[1] In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination.[2]The types of universities include:
- Central universities, or Union universities are established by an Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Union Human Resource Development Ministry.[3] The UGC lists 42 central universities.[4]
- State universities are run by the state government of each of the states and territories of India, and are usually established by a local legislative assembly act. As of 30 November 2011, the UGC lists 285 state universities.[5] The oldest establishment date listed by the UGC is 1857, shared by the University of Mumbai, the University of Madras and the University of Calcutta. Note that most State Universities are "affiliating universities" in that they administer a large number of "affiliated colleges" (many located in very small towns) that typically offer a range of undergraduate courses, but may also offer post-graduate courses. More established colleges might even offer PhD programs in some departments with the approval of the affiliating university.
- Deemed university, or "Deemed to be University", is a status of autonomy granted by the Department of Higher Education on the advice of the UGC, under Section 3 of the UGC Act.[6] The UGC list from 23 June 2008 lists 130 deemed universities.[7] According to this list, the first institute to be granted deemed university status was Indian Institute of Science which was granted this status on 12 May 1958. Note that in many cases, the same listing by the UGC covers several institutes. For example, the listing for Homi Bhabha National Institute covers the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, the Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences and other institutes.[8]
- Private universities are approved by the UGC. They can grant degrees but they are not allowed to have off-campus affiliated colleges. The UGC list of private universities from 7 June 2012 lists 112 private universities.[9]
Apart from the above universities, other institutions are granted the permission to autonomously award degrees. However, they do not affiliate colleges and are not officially called "universities" but "autonomous organizations" or "autonomous institutes". They fall under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education.[10] These organizations include the Indian Institutes of Technology, the National Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the Indian Institutes of Management (though these award diplomas, not degrees)[11] and other autonomous institutes. These institutes are not listed below. Also not listed are institutes which are under the control of the professional councils, without approval of the UGC, e.g. Agricultural Universities, which are under the control of the Agricultural Education Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), one of the professional councils.[12][13]
Contents
Universities by state and type
State | Central universities |
State universities |
Deemed universities |
Private universities |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andhra Pradesh (list) | 3 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
Arunachal Pradesh (list) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Assam (list) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Bihar (list) | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Chandigarh (list) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Chhattisgarh (list) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
Delhi (list) | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
Goa (list) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gujarat (list) | 1 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 32 |
Haryana (list) | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
Himachal Pradesh (list) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
Jammu and Kashmir (list) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Jharkhand (list) | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Karnataka (list) | 1 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
Kerala (list) | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Madhya Pradesh (list) | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Maharashtra (list) | 1 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
Manipur (list) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Meghalaya (list) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
Mizoram (list) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nagaland (list) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Odisha (list) | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
Puducherry (list) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Punjab (list) | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
Rajasthan (list) | 1 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 48 |
Sikkim (list) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Tamil Nadu (list) | 2 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 55 |
Tripura (list) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Uttar Pradesh (list) | 4 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 53 |
Uttarakhand (list) | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
West Bengal (list) | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
Total | 42 | 286 | 129 | 115 | 570 |
Universities by type
- List of agricultural universities in India
- List of central universities in India
- List of deemed universities in India
- List of forestry universities in India
- List of private universities in India
- List of state universities in India
See also
External links
References
- ^ "University Grants Commission Act, 1956" (PDF). Union Human Resource Development Ministry. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "::: Professional Councils-Inside H E – University Grants Commission :::". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Central Universities". mhrd.gov.in. Union Human Resource Development Ministry. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Central Universities". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ a b "List of State Universities" (PDF). University Grants Commission. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST) Thiruvanathapuram Declared as Deemed to be University". Union Human Resource Development Ministry, Press Information Bureau. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ a b ":::Deemed University – University Grants Commission :::". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Listing of Homi Bhabha National Institute as deemed university". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ a b ":::Private Universities – University Grants Commission :::". ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Autonomous Bodies – Higher Education". education.nic.in. Union Human Resource Development Ministry. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Mathang Seshagiri (1 May 2011). "It's time IIMs give degree, not diploma: Panel". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (Times of India).
- ^ "Agricultural Education Division | Indian Council of Agricultural Research". icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Universities | Indian Council of Agricultural Research". icar.org.in. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "NSD loses deemed varsity status on own request". The Hindu. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9
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