Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP) 29/06/2019 – Posted in: Daily News

EDUCATION QUALITY UPGRADATION AND INCLUSION PROGRAMME (EQUIP)

 

For: Preliminary & Mains

Topics covered: EQUIP, Objectives and Goals

 

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The department of higher education of the HRD Ministry finalised and released a five-year vision plan ‘Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)’.

This report has been prepared after a detailed exercise done by the experts covering the following ten areas:

  1. Strategies for expanding access
  2. Towards global best teaching/learning process
  3. Promoting Excellence
  4. Governance reforms
  5. Assessment, Accreditation & Ranking systems
  6. Promotion of research & innovation
  7. Employability & entrepreneurship
  8. Using Technology for better reach
  9. Internationalisation
  10. Financing higher education

 

The groups have set various goals for the higher education sector including:

  • Double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education.
  • Resolve the geographically and socially skewed access to higher education institutions in India.
  • Upgrade the quality of education to global standards
  • Position at least 50 Indian institutions among the top-1000 global universities etc.
  • Introduce governance reforms in higher education for well-administered campuses
  • Accreditation of all institutions as an assurance of quality.
  • Promote Research & Innovation ecosystems for positioning India in the Top-3 countries in the world in matters of knowledge creation
  • Double the employability of the 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.

 

For each initiative, the Groups have recommended modalities for implementation, investments, and timelines.

 

Source: Times of India

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