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Unit 13: Policy Perspectives on Teacher Education: University Education Commission

• The Government should not insist on university degrees for the administrative services. Notes
• According to the University Education Commission, Credit should be given for the class
work and one third of the mark allotted to each subject should be reserved for work done
during the course of instruction.
• The standard of success at the various examinations should be uniform in all universities.
• The Commission divided the rank after passing the examination as getting 70% or more
marks should be given the rank of first class, 55% to 69% for the rank of second class and at
least 40% for a the rank of third class.
• The system of grace marks should be abolished.
• Viva-voce examination should be employed only for professional and post graduate degrees.
• The essay type of questions should continue with the objective type questions but the type
of question, method of examination should be thoroughly changed with a view to making
it more valid and reliable.
13.5.7 Students' Activities and Welfare
Regarding the students' activities and their part in the wellbeing of the nation, the Commission
suggested the following recommendations:
• The students should undergo thorough physical examination at the time of admission and
at least once a year thereafter.
• All universities must have hospital and health service.
• Sanitary inspection of the campus buildings, hostels, dining rooms, kitchens and off-campus
residences must be undertaken in a university.
• Competent staff should be provided for compulsory physical training and a regular time
should be assigned for the purpose.
• Social service should be encouraged and it should remain on a completely voluntary basis.
• All students should receive N.C.C. training.
• Students union should be free-form the political motives and activities.
• An office of the Dean of Students should be set up in colleges and universities.
13.5.8 Women Education
Regarding the women education, the Commission suggested for providing the same facilities to
the women colleges and universities as provided to men's colleges and universities. The
curriculum should also be prepared for them, considering them as both women and citizens.
13.5.9 Administration and Finance of a University
The university Education Commission considered the regulations and control capacity of a
university in the followings ways:
• The university education should be placed on the concurrent list.
• Regarding the finance, co-ordination of facilities in special subjects, adoption of national
policies, ensuring minimum standards of efficient administration and providing liaison
between universities and national research laboratories and scientific surveys etc., the Central
Government must have the responsibility towards the universities.
• For the allocation of grants to the universities a central Grants Commission should be
established.
• There should be no university of the purely affiliating type.
• The governing bodies of the colleges should be properly constituted.
• The aim of an affiliated college should be to develop into a unitary university and later into
a federative one.

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