Draft National Education Policy - A Game-changer for Management Education presented by Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director - BIMTECH presented during 10th Indian Management Conclave

1. 10th Indian Management
Conclave, 2019
“Draft National Education Policy : A Game-
Changer for Management Education”
Some Observations
- By Dr. H Chaturvedi
Alt. President, EPSI
& Director, BIMTECH

2. Draft New Education Policy
Culmination of National Debate on Educational
Reforms for last 2 decades.
Precursor to the 3rd National Policy on Education.
Dr. Kasturirangan Committee has done
an exhaustive, futuristic & detailed exercise to
prepare NPE 3.0 which may work for the next 10-15
years (till 2035)

3. Draft NEP on Management Education
11 Members Committee (None from Management
Education).
217eminent experts, very few (5)from Management
Education.
184pages devoted to HE, only 2pages on Technical
Education (just mention of management education as part of
technical education).

4. Draft NEP on Management Education
Draft Report on Technical Education
(i) “Many of these sectors are critical to India’s overall
development”
(ii) “Teaching learning processes in technical education are
neither knowledge based nor entirely skill based”

5. Key Recommendation For Technical
Education
(Engineering, Technology, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture etc)
1. Curriculum Reforms at UG Level.
2. Strategic Thrust on New & Emerging Disciplines.
3. Industry Interaction for Innovation & R&D to
be encouraged.
4. Improving Equity & Inclusiveness for greater
participation of URGs. (Under Represented Groups
Students).

6. Major Challenges To Management
Education
1. Issue of Relevance & Rigour
2. Problem of Unviable Size, Poor Scalability &
Fragmentation
3. Poor Research Orientation & Internationalization
4. Lack of Strong Linkages with Industry & Society
5. Shrinking Jobs & Stagnation in Admissions
6. Disconnect between UG & PG Programmes
7. End of Level Playing with IIMS for PGDM Institutions

7. Draft NEP on Regulations &
Accreditation
1. NHERA, the supra regulator will replace the AICTE & UGC.
2. AICTE will deal with setting standards for Professional
Practice.
3. UGC will disburse grants to HEIs.
4. NAAC will be supra accreditation agency with multiple
accreditation bodies including NBA under tutelage of NAAC.
5. All existing institutions will have to be accredited by 2030
6. Affiliating System of Colleges with Universities will be put
to an end.

8. Establishment of New
HEIs/Universities
1. NHERA to give charter/license for setting-up
New HEIs & Universities through assessment
of certain specified criteria.
2. New HEIs/Universities to get accreditation
within five years of their establishment.

9. Autonomy for HEIs/Universities
“All HEIs must have Complete Autonomy on
CURRICULAR, PEDAGOGICAL & RESOURCE RELATED
MATTERS”.
It means:
1. Freedom To Decide Curriculum
2. Freedom To Choose Pedagogical Methods & Tools
3. Freedom To Manage Financing

10. Restructuring of HEIs
(3 Kinds of Institutions)
I. Research Universities focusing equally on research &
teaching.
II. Teaching Universities focusing primarily on teaching.
III. Colleges focusing on teaching at U.G. levels.
➢All such institutions will gradually move towards full autonomy
– Academic, Administrative & Financial
➢Affiliating system in universities will not exist in future.

11. National Research Foundation (NRF)
NRF will have four divisions
(i) Science (ii) Social Science
(iii) Technology (iv) Arts & Humanities
Management Institutions will be under (iii) Social Science division
NRF will have Annual Grant of Rs.20,000 cr

12. Fee Waivers to Disadvantaged
Students (SEDs)
A. 100% Fee Waiver (Free Education) to at least 20% students
in each programme
B. fee waiver between 20% to 100% to at least 30% poor
students
SEDS = Socio-economically Disadvantaged Students

13. Financing of Education
1. Strong recommendations for spending 6% of GNP as
public investment on education
Advocated by the 1st NPE (1968) & 2nd NPE (1986)
1. Current (2017) expenditure-, India 2.7%, USA – 6%, UK –
5.5%, Brazil – 6%
2. Recommendation- public investment on education to be
raised from the current 10% to 20% of total public
expenditure in the next 10 years.
3. Out of the above 100% enhancement, 50% will be
utilized for higher education, rest on school education.