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Unit 13: Functions of UGC, NAAC and NCTE

Self Assessment Notes
3. Multiple choice questions: Choose the correct option.
(i) NCTE’s head quarter is at .......................... .
(a) New Delhi (b) Banglore (c) Bhopal (d) Jaipur
(ii) The NCTE head quarter is headed by the -
(a) Coordinator (b) Chairperson (c) Regional director (d) Chancellor
(iii) The NCTE has ..................... regional committees.
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

13.7 Summary

• The University Grants Commission (UGC) is a statutory organisation by an Act of
Parliament in 1956. It is a national body for the coordination, determination and
maintenance of standards of university education.
• The University Grants Commission (UGC) has its Regional Offices at Hyderabad, Pune,
Bhopal, Kolkata, Guwahati and Bangalore.
• Education Commission was set up which recommended that the University Grants
Commission be remodelled according to the University Grants Commission of the United
Kingdom with a full time Chairman and the other members of the Commission should be
recruited from educationists of repute.
• The prime functions of the University Grants Commission are as follows: (i) It provides
funds to the various higher educational institutes; (ii) It carries out the function of co-
ordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions of higher education.
• 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.
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body, has been established
by the University Grants Commission in 1994 in pursuance of the recommendations made
by the National Policy of Education, 1986 and the Programme of Action (POA), 1992 which
lay special emphasis on evaluating the quality of higher education in India.
• The activities and future plans of the NAAC are guided by its vision and mission that
focus on making quality assurance an integral part of the functioning of higher education
institutions. The vision of the NAAC is : To make quality the defining element of higher
education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion
and sustenance initiatives.
• Institutions that wish to be assessed have to record their intention and provide general
information about the institution to the NAAC.
• On receiving the letter of intention, the NAAC checks the eligibility of the institution. The
Executive Committee of the NAAC has resolved as under regarding the eligibility criteria.
• For the assessment of a unit that is eligible to be assessed, the NAAC follows a three stage
process which is a combination of self-study af). d peer review. The three stages are: 1. The
preparation and submission of a self-study report by the unit of assessment; 2. The on-site
visit of the peer team for validation of the self-study report and for recommending the
assessment outcome to the NAAC; 3. The final decision by the Executive Committee of the
NAAC.

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