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Higher Education Commission of India 'HECI' Details, Aim, Purpose, Function, Role
Higher Education Commission of India 'HECI'- Details, Aim, Purpose, Function, Role
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has recently proposed to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC) and set up the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI).
Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) main aim will be on improving academic standards and quality of higher education.
HECI will specify norms for learning outcomes and will lay down standards of teaching/research etc. It will provide a roadmap for mentoring of institutions found failing in maintaining the required academic standards.
HECI will also enforce its decisions through legal provisions in the Act.
HECI will have the powers to grant authorisation for starting of academic operations on the basis of their compliance with norms of academic quality and to annul a higher education institution where there is a case of wilful or continuous default in compliance with the norms. It will have the power to recommend closure of institutions which fail to adhere to minimum standards without affecting students’ interest.
HECI will encourage higher education institutions to formulate a Code of Good Practices, covering promotion of research, teaching, and learning.
HECI will be constituted by the Chairpersons of regulatory bodies in higher education, namely the AICTE and the NCTE. The qualified Chairpersons/Vice-Chairpersons and Members will be selected to form an Advisory Council in order to assist & render HECI decisions.
