The State’s higher educational institutions will suffer in the political wrangles between the State and the Centre over the National Education Policy, cautions Association of Indian Universities president G. Thiruvasagam.
Higher education regulatory authorities such as the University Grants Commission and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council had revised institutional grading criteria, relying heavily on preparedness to implement the National Education Policy 2020, said the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras.
“The government has not taken the issue of NEP implementation seriously. It will affect the State’s colleges, students and faculty. The State has constituted a committee but there is no clarity on when it will meet and take a decision, whereas daily the UGC Chairman has been sending a notification. The V-Cs are in a critical situation,” he said.
