Higher Education Commission will replace UGC

Higher Education Commission will replace UGC

The Centre has decided to establish a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) in the place of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

A draft Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act) Bill, 2018, is being circulated among stakeholders to invite suggestions.

UGC formed in 1956 was giving grants for Higher Education to 20 Universities and 500 Collages with 210000 students. The plea given by the Government that UGC is unable to cope with the higher education standards and their grants.

A number of private universities have come up in recent years. How they are taking grant from UGC and whether the university exits or not.

It should be debated properly to gain the objectivity on the turf of higher education standards.

Standard of higher education is going downward as per my personal thinking and something has to be done by honest and reliable scholars who can stir the ship of education in troubled waters and most populous state.