A brief introduction on to the 10th Chapter of NEP 2020, Institution Restructuring and Consolidation ... How to move ahead!

1. Amit Choudhury, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business Sciences
Director, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MEGHALAYA
Institutional Restructuring and
Consolidation

2. Agenda
 What?
 Why?
 Where?
 Who?
 When?
 How........?

3. Premise and Perspectives
 What NEP 2020 and the Topic Specific Mean to NER....
 How do we Look at it?
 Can it make a difference?
S W O C
@
NER

4. Thrust of this Policy-
 End FRAGMENTATION of Higher Education
 The Present Scenario
 Colleges & HEIs focus on specific courses/ programs, stand
alone nature
 Less enrolment/ or higher student teacher ratio
 Less focus/ element of coordinated approach
 Transform HEI into
 Large Multi-disciplinary University
 Colleges and HEI Clusters
 Knowledge Hubs
3000+

5. Multi-Disciplinarity Focus
 Creating
 Well rounded &
 Innovative
INDIVIDUALS
Leading to ECONOMIC & EDUCATIONAL
Transformation
....with the END in mind, an urge towards
facilitating all-round development of an
individual.....

6. Paradigm Shift
 A new vision for Higher Education requiring in
particular a CONCEPTUAL PERCEPTION/
UNDERSTANDING for what constitutes a
 Higher Education Institution
 University OR
 College
 UNIVERSITY
o University OR
o College
 COLLEGE
o Autonomous Degree Granting

7. A Continuum
26.3%
50%
WITH SIGHT ON THE GOAL, SET YOUR ROADMAP &
TRANSFORM
202
0
203
5
Present State
Anticipated
Targeted
FUTURE

8. HOW
 Grant of graded Autonomy by way of a
Transparent System of Accreditation
 Colleges will be ENCOURAGED – MENTORED –
SUPPORTED – INCENTIVISED------ to ATTAIN
minimum benchmarks set for ACCREDITATION in
order to
 TRANSFORM Colleges into
 Autonomous Degree Granting College
 Constituent College of an University (not to be read as
affiliated)
 TRANSFORM Autonomous Degree Granting
Colleges into
 Research Intensive Universities OR
 Teaching Intensive Universities

9. Emphasis
 Focus on Goals and Work
 Contextually Relevant Accreditation System
 Expectations for
 High Quality of Education
 High Quality Teaching Learning
across all HEI will be same....

10. Crucial Responsibilities
 In addition to Teaching and Research Focus,
HEIs to
 Support and help develop other HEI
 Community Engagement & Service
 Contribute towards various fields of practice
 Faculty development for HEI
 Support School Education

11. Other aspects...
 Gradual shift towards multi-disciplinarity
 Increase GER from 26.3% (2018) to 50% (2035)
 Enhance presence of HEI both Public & Private in
Underserved areas....at least one with
multidisciplinary character in/ near each District
 Encourage ODL and Lifelong Learning
 Gradual Phasing out of single stream HEI
 Uniform nomenclature for HEIs

12. Thanks
National Education Policy 2020 - Chapter 10 (AudioBook) –
YouTube
PowerPoint Presentation (cessedu.org)
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