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Regulation in India:
Problems and Prospects
ANUP K SINGH, PHD
New Realities
Focus on employability
Higher education leads to both public and private good; therefore, the government has an interest in
higher education both as the provider and as the regulator
No exit from educational service once a student has taken admission in a long term programme
Lurking suspicions of all private, self-financing institutions; real charitable institutions thus suffer
Governments expense on higher education not increasing; thus, it depends on private institutions to
achieve its social objectives
Corruption in Education
A large number of people perceive the educational sector as one of the most
corrupt sectors in India
Capitation fees; high admission fees; under-payment to faculty and staff; siphoning
out money from the institutions; personal use of institutional resources; sundry
charges from students
There are multiple regulatory bodies, like UGC, AICTE, BCI, PCI, etc.
Government acts as a protector of students and parents at the cost of being the
promoter of excellence in education
Each state is required to found a fee regulatory committee that will fix
fee for a period of three years for colleges
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Related Industries
Coaching industry
Admission agencies
Admission portals
Ranking organisations
Testing industry
Placement agencies
Accreditation has failed to create awareness about quality institutions among various
stakeholders
UGC and AICTE have made it mandatory for institutions to keep some vital information
on their websites
Therefore, the power of students and parents is not as low as it may seem
Several institutions are being closed, while new institutions are also being established
There are other professional bodies, controlling professional education like MCI,
PCI, BCI, etc. (These are purely regulatory bodies)
Most of these bodies were established pre-90s; therefore, they are not fully
geared to address new educational realities and institutions
Accreditation
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Ranking of Institutions
The rankings of business and engineering schools are most popular and
mature
It may set norms and standards for different disciplines of higher education,
including government institutions, grant-in-aid institutions and private
institutions