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Unit 13: Functions of UGC, NAAC and NCTE

• Collects information on university education in India and in other countries. Notes
• Seeks information from the universities from time to time. The information may range
from the financial position of the university, their various branches of learning to the
rules and regulations followed in a particular university.
• Imparts education to the students in various streams through its Country wide classroom
teachings and a four-year old 24 hours educational channel 'Vyas'.
• Conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) through its National Educational Testing Bureau
in a bid to determine eligibility for lectureship. It also awards Junior Research Fellowship
(JRF), which has been set as the minimum standards for Indian nationals to enter teaching
profession and research. Humanities (including languages), Forensic Science, Computer
Science, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Applications and Electronic Science
are the subjects in which a student can appear for a JRF.

The University Grants Commission has recently launched an 'e-scripting' course in
television for all those students who want to make a career in broadcast media. The
course is being run by its Consortium of Educational Communication, an Inter
University Centre of the UGC on electronic media.

13.2 Functions of University Grants Commission or UGC

The prime functions of the University Grants Commission are as follows:
• It provides funds to the various higher educational institutes.
• It carries out the function of co-ordination, determination and maintenance of standards
in institutions of higher education.
In addition to these the University Grants Commission also performs the following functions
as well:
• Promoting and coordinating university education.
• Determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in
universities.
• Framing regulations on minimum standards of education.
• Monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education; disbursing
grants to the universities and colleges.
• Serving as a vital link between the Union and state governments and institutions of
higher learning.
• Advising the Central and State governments on the measures necessary for improvement
of university education.
Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) The University Grants Commission was formed in the year ....................... .
(ii) UGC conducts ...................... through its national educational testing bureau in a bid to
determine eligibility for lectureship.
(iii) UGC advises the central and state government on disbursing grants to .............. out of
the consolidated fund of India.
(iv) University Grants Commission was re-inaugurated by ..................... .
(v) The head office of the UGC is located at ................................ .

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