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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Foundation and role of the University Grants Commission -- Other professional bodies -- Problems of coordination -- The centre-state business -- The reconstituted University Grants Commission -- The University Grants Commission and accreditation -- Postgraduate education -- The University Grants Commission and the Ph. D degree -- Revitalising the University Grants Commission -- The Indian University Grants Commission -- Student assessment of teachers -- A note on teacher leadership |
| Summary |
The University Grants Commission, which began functioning under an executive order in 1953, enters its Golden Jubilee year on 28 December 2003. From the time the UGC was set up, there has been an exponential growth in the number of higher academic institutions which today employ more than 400,000 teachers with a student body in excess of 9 million. The present chaotic situation is compounded by the recent mushrooming of private educational institutions. This study of the functioning of the UGC and, indirectly, of fifty years of higher education in India critically examines the way in which the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
India. University Grants Commission -- History
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| SUBJECT |
India. University Grants Commission fast |
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Education, Higher -- India -- History -- 20th century
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher
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India
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9788132103189 |
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8132103181 |
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