Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday, May 9 chaired a high-level meeting on the formulation of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). During the meeting, Pradhan said that HECI should ensure employability, job creation and global outlook with strong footing in Indian knowledge system and language.
Taking to Twitter, the Education Minister said, "Held extensive consultations with senior officials of Ministry of Education on taking further steps for the formulation of Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). This important recommendation of NEP 2020 will be one of the many steps towards decolonization of our education system."
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"HECI should ensure employability, job creation and global outlook. It should ensure global academic standards and provide more academic autonomy to the higher education institutions,” he said.
Held extensive consultations with senior officials of @EduMinOfIndia on taking further steps for the formulation of Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). This important recommendation of NEP 2020 will be one of the many steps towards decolonization of our education system. pic.twitter.com/YaFsv2sckG
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) May 9, 2022
According to the minister, the important recommendation of NEP-2020 will be one of the many steps in the direction of decolonisation of education system of the country. It was proposed that HECI can be an overarching umbrella for guidance of all the higher education institutions of the country, the release read.
HECI will provide more academic autonomy to the higher education institutions while ensuring global academic standards for all HEIs. HECI can be an overarching umbrella for guidance of all the HEIs of the country with main foucs on Institutional governance. pic.twitter.com/p5E23ThzlC
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) May 9, 2022
According to the National Education Policy (NEP), a single regulatory body will guide higher education in India. The regulatory body will have four verticals to deal with different functions of higher education.
