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Centre-State Spat Hits Higher Education In UPBy akansha, Section Education
The fate of degree colleges to be established in 41 educationally backward districts of the state with low gross enrolment ratio (GER) hangs in balance. Reason: a dispute between the Central and the state governments over sharing of expenditure. The Central government claims it to be a Centrally sponsored scheme and has proposed 1:3 sharing of expenditure with the state government. But the latter wants vice-versa sharing ratio. This would have an adverse impact on the development of the state where more than half districts (total 72 districts) do not have adequate higher education facilities.
The spread of higher education in backward districts has been touted as an ambitious scheme of the UPA government with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself taking keen interest. The objective is to increase enrolment ratio of India from the existing 12.4% to 17% by the end of 11th five year plan and eventually to 25% to increase growth rate from the existing 9% to a double digit figure. The districts with enrolment ratio below 12% have been earmarked as `educationally backward districts'. The selection criterion also includes population of a district, number of colleges, geographical location (rural, urban, tribal, hilly etc.), transport facility and how many class 12 pass-outs, between 18-23 years, get access to higher education. INFO The Criteria For Identification Of Location For A College:
However, the Central government in its circular to the states have said that ideally, the Central government should fully fund the project but in view of the past records, when Central or University Grants Commission schemes have not been able to take off properly due to lack of interest on the part of states, it has been decided that two-third of the funding will be done by the state governments. In reply, the state government has shot off letter asking the Central government to either bear 90% of expenses or leave it on the state governments to take decision on the issue. The officers in the state higher education department said they are hopeful of a `positive outcome' soon. However, sources are worried that the Central-state spat may hamper the project.
The Objective: Source: Times Of India By Ashish Tripathi Centre-state spat hits higher education in UP Click On "Full story" For Read More....
Teachers want early solution to the problem. "If the Central government wants to increase GER, it should increase the grant. The state government also needs to provide adequate facilities including required number of teachers to improve overall quality of higher education in the state," said Moulindu Mishra, president, Lucknow University Associated Colleges Teachers Association. "As per the new University Grants Commission guidelines, opening of a college requires a non-recurring investment of over Rs nine crore and Rs 50 lakh annual recurring expenditure. Since target group is poor and rural masses, state cannot charge high fees. The Centre-state share expenditure at least at the rate of 1:1," said Ramesh Tiwari, a teacher from Gorakhpur.
The Objective: The expansion of higher education is to be achieved by providing increased access to higher education so as to raise the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) by 5% by the end of 11th Plan period which amounts to increasing the enrolment from the present 10.4 million to 21 million. Even though India has attained the economic growth of over 9% of Gross Development Product in spite of the present low GER, to sustain such a rate of economic growth and to remain competitive in the globalised economy, the country needs a GER of at least 25%. Educationally Backward Districts In UP: Balrampur, Rampur, Shravasti, Chitrakoot, Mahoba, Sonbhadra, Kushinagar, Hathras, Bahraich, Kaushambi, Kheri, Maharajganj, Etah, Lalitpur, Barabanki, Unnao, Bijnor, Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Sant Kabir Nagar, Bulandshahr, Kannauj, Pilibhit, Sitapur, Siddharthnagar, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur, Hardoi, Gonda, Bareilly, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Farrukhabad, Muzaffarnagar, Sultanpur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Hamirpur, Banda, Basti, Kanpur Dehat and Mathura. The Dismal Higher Education Scenario in UP: * Of total 72 districts, more than half, i.e, 41 districts are educationally backward. Of these, in five districts gross enrolment ratio is between 3-6%; in 18 districts it is between 6-9% and in remaining 18 between 9-12%. The national average gross enrolment ratio is 12.40%. The five districts with lowest enrolment ratio are: Balrampur (4.7%), Shravasti (4.7%), Shahjahanpur (5.3%), Lalitpur (5.6%) and Bahraich (5.8%).
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