HRD ministry ‘EQUIP’ed higher education with brand new Five-Year Plan! All details inside

News Bharati    01-Jul-2019
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New Delhi, Jul 1: India is furthering her technological and education excellence with new enthusiasm and energy. Indian skilled youngsters are marking their position in the world. Making this excellence more equipped and performance-ready, the Ministry of HRD released an ambitious five-year vision and mission plan.
 
 
 
 
This report named “Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP), which will be taken to the Cabinet for approval after inter-departmental consultations.
 
As per the ministry’s official statement, this plan is in accordance with the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for finalizing a five-year vision plan for each Ministry.
 
 
 
 
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The plan mainly focused on upgradation of education with a global vision. The plan document stated, "For each initiative, the groups have recommended modalities for implementation, investments, and timelines. The proposal would now be taken up for inter-departmental consultations and appraisal before being taken to the Cabinet for approval”.
 
For the preparation of the report, 10 groups led by experts -- former Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Principal Scientific Advisor K Vijay Raghavan, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Pant, former Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan and Rediff.com founder Ajit Balakrishnan -- suggested more than 50 initiatives that would transform the higher education sector completely and would make it more accessible.
 
 
This report has been prepared after a detailed discussions and analysis, covering the following ten areas - strategies for expanding access, global best teaching/learning process, promoting excellence, governance reforms, assessment, accreditation and ranking systems, promotion of research and innovation, employability and entrepreneurship, using technology for better reach and internationalisation, financing higher education.
Here are some of the initiatives suggested to transform the higher education sector as per the HRD Ministry:
  • recommendations to double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education
  • position at least 50 Indian institutions among the top-1000 global universities
  • introduce governance reforms in higher education for well-administered campuses
  • promote research and innovation ecosystems for positioning India in the top three countries in the world
  • It also offers suggestions to double the employability of students passing out of higher education
  • harness education technology for expanding the reach and improving pedagogy
  • promote India as a global study destination
  • achieve a quantum increase in investment in higher education