Opening the doors to foreign universities criticised by CPI

6th January 2023 at 4:18 PM

It will have long term adverse effects-demands revocation

Ludhiana: 6th January 2023: (Kartika Singh//Education Screen)::

The communist party of India district Ludhiana unit has condemned in strong words opening the doors to the foreign universities by the UGC. As reported in the media the universities will be free to decide fee and also repatriate funds. This will totally marginalise the students from lower social economic group from the higher education as fees in the universities will be  rocket high. Universities will be free to hire the foreign faculty. This is against the repeated utterances by the prime minister that we want to make India self reliant and a skilled India. There is no dearth of knowledge in our country; what is needed is a policy matter in right direction. The foreign universities will prepare their own syllabus and they will produce the students to serve either in the foreign countries or for the corporate sector within the country. It is to be noted here when such a move was floated during the UPA government there was resistance from both BJP and the left parties. Now the BJP has taken a complete U turn. We demand increase in the budget allocation to education to 10% of the GDP. We also demand this decision be revoked immediately and policies should be made to strengthen our universities as per the modern times with discussion among various stakeholders including students organisations and teachers organisations and other sections of academia. The statement was released by comrades D P Maur, Dr Arun Mitra, M S Bhatia, Chamkaur Singh, Ramesh Rattan, Vijay Kumar and Vinod Kumar. 

Internationalisation of Higher Education

Opening the doors to foreign universities criticised by CPI

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Internationalisation of Higher Education

 08th August 2022 at 4:57 PM by PIB Delhi

Recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020

New Delhi: 08th August 2022: (PIB//Education Screen)::

To promote India as global study destination and Internationalisation NEP 2020 stipulates various measures, which inter alia includes facilitating research / teaching collaborations and faculty /student exchange with high-quality foreign HEI and signing of relevant mutually beneficial MOUs with foreign countries; encouraging high performing Indian universities to set up campuses in other countries; selected universities e.g., those from among the top 100 universities in the world will be facilitated to operate in India; setting up of International Student Office at each HEI for welcoming and supporting students arriving from abroad; counting credits acquired in foreign universities, wherever appropriate as per requirement for each HEI; and courses and programmes in subjects, such as Indology, Indian Languages, AYUSH systems of medicines, yoga, arts etc.

In line with the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, several measures have been initiated to strengthen Internationalization of the Higher Education, such as:

Guidelines on Internationalization of Higher Education were notified by UGC in July, 2021 that includes provisions like setting up of Office for International Affairs and Alumni Connect Cell in the campus of Universities hosting foreign students.

179 Universities have established Office for International Affairs and 158 Universities have set up Alumni Connect Cells.

In order to foster academic collaboration between Indian HEIs and foreign HEIs, “University Grants Commission (Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Educational Institutions to offer Twinning, Joint Degree and Dual Degree Programmes) Regulations, 2022” have been notified on 2nd May, 2022.

World-class foreign universities and institutions will be allowed in the GIFT City, Gujarat to offer courses in Financial Management, FinTech, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics free from domestic regulations, except those by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to facilitate availability of high-end human resources for financial services and technology.

UGC Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities Regulations have been amended to allow Institutions of Eminence to set up Off-Shore campuses. The amendment to existing UGC institutions of Eminence Regulations delineates terms, conditions and approval process for establishment of Off-Shore campus by institutions of eminence (IoEs) deemed to be universities.

The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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Internationalisation of Higher Education

Opening the doors to foreign universities criticised by CPI