Status Of Deemed Colleges in India

Following is a copy of the article which featured in Times of India journal-

This article is sure to throw some light about the deemed universities which advertise as AICTE , grade A ...

Eight institutions ‘pass’ deemed university test
Akshaya Mukul, TNN Apr 8, 2013, 02.19AM IST


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Tandon Committee|Supreme Court|deemed university test

(Universities affected…)
NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court is hearing the deemed university case, eight of the 44 found deficient on certain counts have made it to the 'deemed university' list after rectifying the faults pointed out by the Tandon committee in 2009.

In its comprehensive review of 126 deemed universities, the Tandon committee had found only 38 (group A) fit to qualify as deemed universities while 44 (group B) were found deficient in some parameters that needed to be rectified. Another 44, put in group C, were found totally unfit to be deemed universities. The affected universities went to the Supreme Court and the matter is being heard.

Meanwhile, eight group B universities have made it to the A list. This includes Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore; SRM University, Chennai; NITTE, Mangalore; KLE, Belgaum; Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune; HBNI (Homi Bhabha), Mumbai; Sathyabama University, Chennai; and Avinashilingam Institute of Higher Education for Women & Home Sciences, Coimbatore.

The review committee made an assessment of progress made by these universities and found that substantial improvements were made, be it conforming to UGC guidelines, governance, quality and innovations in teaching, research output, faculty resources, doctoral and other research degree programmes and admission process and award of degrees.

It is not that these universities came up with flying colours on all parameters but marked improvement was noted in key parameters. The minimum score needed for category A status is 30 and all eight of them scored 31.

In case of Vellore Institute, it was found there was noticeable change in number of faculty with PhD degrees. Also a perceptible improvement in research output had taken place. Similarly, in case of SRM University, research output had increased as well as the number of students registered for PhD.

The key parameter was governance of these universities as it was found that most of them were run by family members of promoters. The review committee did not comment on governance aspect of most of the deemed universities, except Bharati Vidyapeeth where it found a real change in the administrative structure.

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In Tamil Nadu, Sastra university had obtained Grade A status in 2009 and 16 colleges of Tamil Nadu were given 3 years to upgrade themselves. VIT had a score of 25, SRM had scored 21 and Satyabama 24 as per 2009 and all three have secured 31 clearing the expected score of 30.

I'm sure this article will solve the dilemma about the status of deemed universities. Tandon committee reviews the deemed status of up-gradation every 3 years and the universities have to constantly keep upto to the recommended criteria specified. Currently there are only few Grade A meaning a college of approved deemed status in Tamil Nadu-

SASTRA university

Amrita University

VIT

SRM

Satyabama University

TNEA does it again

The war between CBSE and Anna university continues every year. Anna university has announced that it will issue application forms from 4 th May 2013 and the last date of submission is 20th May '13.
Whereas CBSE announces its result only during the 3rd or 4th week of May.
In 2010 it was declared in 21st May
In 2011 it was on 23rd May and
In 2012 it was on 28rh May.
This year too we can expect the results to be around the same time or later.
The students once again have to run around to attach their online mark results and submit before the date, which is impossible. More so for the students from other districts of TN.
Wonder why this happens year after year?
Is it cause of miscommunication between AU and the CBSE or is it that AU discourages CBSE students applying for admission in their state colleges (affiliated to Anna University) which has almost 50000 seats going vacant every year.....

Heard that the Tamil Nadu State 12th board results are to be published on 10th. Enough time to submit with mark sheets even from remote corners if the state...

The Ever Changing CBSE

It is surprising how the education system of CBSE is constantly changing.

Let's have a brief overlook of the changes which happened over the last 5 yrs.

2007 HOTS was introduced. 20% of the questions were based on higher order thinking skills of the student.
2008 - 20 marks of science paper for 10th was objective .
2009 - The marking system was to be changed to grades.
2010 - Grades were given instead of marks for the 10th board exams.
2011 - 10 board exams became optional and CCE was introduced .
2012 - The education board wanted to have a single board for all boards across the country, which luckily did not happen. Else it would have been a chaos.
2013 - The CBSE wants to implement open book system for a certain percentage in few subjects from 9 to 12 exams from 2014....
It does not mean that the student can take the book into the hall, but a portion of the syllabus will be marked and the questions would be definitely asked from those notes.

With the ever changing system of evaluating the students at crucial phase of their higher education .. Parents and students are left in a dilemma every year.

When ever some one asks me now, whether it is wise to change the child to a CBSE board to avoid the rote learning done in state schools ... My answer to them is that at least it is constant and does not confuse the child preparing for the exam. Most importantly the teachers who plan their lesson plan at least know what is expected out from them in state schools than attending seminars and workshops during the academic year to update themselves on the new system of evaluation.


Long live Central Board of education and hope they clear their confusion of how
they want the student to be evaluated... On whole it's very vague whether they want bright students who can solve 20% of HOTS questions or want mediocre to attain 20% through rote learning from the open book method. Maybe they want them to be both to attain a 100% ....