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HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES

1) Kothari Commission (1964-1966)

 It was formed on 14 July 1964 and dissolved on 29 June 1966  Headquarters in  Chairman Daulat Singh Kothari, JP Nair (Secretary)  The commission was titled as ‘Education and National Development report.  It proposed a ‘Three year degree course and a four year honours degree course  9000 individuals covering educators, schools and scientists were interviewed and 2400 memorandums were examined by the commission during a period spanning 21 months

UGC - University Grant Commission

 UGC governs universities in and came into existence on 28 December 1953  It became statutory organisation established by an act of Parliament 1956  According to sec 12 of UGC Main function of UGC is coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in universities  Headquarters are in Delhi  Chairman D.P. Singh (current), Dr. CD Deshmukh (1 st chairman)  4 types of universities controlled by the UGC – central, state, deemed and private universities

Total No. Of University in the country as on 31-12-2020 Universities Total No. State Universities 418 Deemed to be Universities 125 Central Universities 54 Private Universities 370 Total 967

State Universities

 In India, state universities are run and funded by the state government of each of the states of India.  The adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950, education became a state responsibility. Following a constitutional change in 1976, it became a joint responsibility of the states and the central government.  A university established or incorporated by provincial act or by a state act.  The state with the most state universities in India is Karnataka with 31 university (latest )

Deemed to be Universities

 Commonly known as deemed university  They do not have the right to affiliate colleges

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 Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru and Indian Agricultural Research Institute Delhi, first two institutes to be granted a deemed status.  The total number of deemed to be universities in India is 125  In Tamil Nadu there are 28 deemed universities (latest )  They approve only by an executive order after UGC recommendation

Central Universities

 Central universities are also known as Union Universities  They are established by an act of parliament and under the purview of the department of higher education in the ministry of education  President of India is the visitor of all the central universities  There are 54 central universities in India as on 31 Dec. 2020  University of Allahabad, oldest among all central universities in India  Goa has no central university

Private Universities

 There are 370 private universities in India  Private universities are competent to award degrees as specified by UGC under section 22 of UGC  The first private university set up in 1995 was Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Science Gangtok.  Private Universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies  Rajasthan has 46 private universities

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

 It is the first deemed to be university in India.  It is situated at Bengaluru in Karnataka  It was established in 1909 and the founder was Jamsetji Tata  QS world university rankings has ranked as IISc second in the world in terms of citations per faculty  IISc was ranked 301-350 in the world by the times higher education world university ranks in 2021 and also 36 th in the 2020 Asia university rankings.

Indian Institute of Advance Study

 It was established in 20 October 1965  It is situated in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh  The Indian Institute of Advanced Study was first created as a society on 6 October 1964  The first Director of the Institute was appointed as the Professor Niharranjan Ray

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Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

 It is central university and established in 2007  It is located in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh  Shri Arjun Singh appointed as first vice chancellor of the university  The regional campus of the university is at Manipur. It is the first regional campus of the university.

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

 It is a central university located in Wardha, Maharashtra, India  It was established in 1997  The university began through an act of parliament  The promotion and development of Hindi language and literature through teaching and research  The aim is to promote Hindi is to achieve greater functional efficiency internationally

Indian National Defence University

 It is located in Binola village in Gurgram (Haryana)  It was established in 2013  This is autonomous university  At least 66% students will be from Indian Armed Forces and the remaining 33% will be from the Paramilitary forces of India, Police in India and Civilians.

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)

 It was formed in 1 st April 1905  It is located in New Delhi  The director of IARI is Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh  It was responsible for the research leading to the “Green Revolution in India”

Forest Research Institute (FRI)

 It was established in 1906 in Dehradun  It is a deemed university  Under this Institute there is a museum section : pathology museum, social forestry museum, Silviculture museum, Timber museum, non wood forest products museum, Entomology museum  Some popular movies are shot here: Student of the Year, Pan Singh Tomar, Krishna Cottage.

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Indian Institute of Technology

 It was established in 15 September 1956  It is a Public Technical University  They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961  In India, there are 23 IITs  The first Indian Institute of Technology was founded in May 1950 at the site of the Hijli Detention Camp in Kharagpur, West Bengal

Indira Gandhi National Open University

 It is a central university, established in 1985  Current Vice-Chancellor is Mr. Nageshwar Rao  First Vice-Chancellor was G Parthasarathi  It accredited by NAAC with the highest grade of A++  It’s main Headquarter is in Delhi, Maidan Garhi

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

 It was formed in 3 rd November 1962  It is a Governmental Board of Education  It is controlled and managed by Union Government of India  It is national level body for both private and government schools  It is headquartered in Delhi and the chairperson is Mr. Manoj Ahuja  In India 21000+ schools are affiliated from CBSE  There are 228 schools in 25 other countries

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)

 It was formed in 3rd November 1958  There are 1087 ICSE schools in India  It is a Non-Governmental Board of School Education  It is headquartered in Delhi

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)

 The chairperson of NIOS is Sridhar Srivastava  It was founded in 3rd November 1989  The Parent organisation is Ministry of Human Resource Development  It is headquartered in Noida (UP)

All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)

 The developer and administrator of this examination is National Testing Agency  It was started in 2002

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 It serves Admission in undergraduate Engineering and architecture courses in 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and other colleges. Also serves as a prelim selection for JEE Advanced

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

 It was formed in 1995  It is headquartered in New Delhi  The chairperson is Mr. Vineet Joshi (IAS)  The NCTE was then only a department of the National Council of Educational Research and Training  Four official 'Regional Committees' of NCTE operate from Jaipur, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal handling the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions respectively.

Teaching Methods in Higher Education

English Language Teaching

 English is taught as a second language at every stage of education in all states of India.  It is the main medium of instruction in higher education.  English is also the state language of two states in eastern India, Meghalaya and Nagaland.  Most states accord English the position of second language, some others treat is as the third language.  The regional language and the national language is getting precedence.  Objective: To understand spoken English, to speak English, to understand written English, to write.

Task Based Language Teaching

 Also known as task based instruction  Primary focus on (pragmatic) meaning  Founded by NS Prabhu  Three main types: (1) Information Gap (2) Reasoning Gap (3) Opinion Gap  A task has clearly defined, non-linguistic outcome

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

 Founded in 1960s  It is a combination of face to face teaching and computer assisted language learning  Usually referred as Blended learning  Drill and practice programmes that characterised CALL

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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

 It was the theory of Noam Chomsky  Founded in 1960s  Focusing on Competence and Performance in language learning  It also known as communicative approach  Learn and practice the target language through the interaction with one another

Direct Instruction Classroom

 This approach developed by Siegfried Engelmann and Wesley C. Beckar  It is a explicit teaching technique  It was developed in mid-1960s  This type of instruction is teacher directed (direct lecture)

Flipped Classroom

 It is an instructional strategy and type of blended learning  It was introduced by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams  Students watch online lecture, collaborate in online discussion

Kinesthetic Learning

 Also known as tactile learning  It was originally introduced by Howard Gardner  Invented in 1983  Students carrying out physical activities rather than listening to a lecture

The Meyers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI)

 It was developed by Katherine Briggs  It is based on typological theory of Carl Jung  It is a self-help assessment test  It is a framework for relationship-building, developing positivism and achieving excellence

Fishbowl Discussion

 Students seated inside the fishbowl actively participate in a discussion. Under it Asking question and sharing their opinion. While Students standing outside listen carefully to the ideas presented by the teacher or by the participator.  Students take turns in these roles so that they practice being both contributor and listener in a group discussion  It is an active participation of peoples and it is a knowledgeable activity

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SWAYAM PRABHA

 It is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high quality educational programmes  The programmes are telecast on 24  7  For telecasting this GSAT-15 Satellite used  The contents are provided by IITs, IGNOU, UGC, NCERT and NIOS etc.  The INFLIBNET center maintains the web portal

Eklavya Technology Channel

 It is a joint initiative between the IIT and IGNOU  It was established in 26 January 2003  For telecasting this INSAT 3C satellite used

DD Gyan Darshan

 It state owned television channel telecasting from Doordarshan  It was established in 1998  Owner is Prasar Bharati  This is television broadcasting type of business

Ranking of Teachers

Ranks before 2009 structure followed by Britain Ranks after 2009 structure followed by US Lecturer Assistant Professor Senior Lecturer Associate Professor Reader Professor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor

Salary Structure of Teachers

Ranks after 2009 structure followed by US Salary structure as per 7 th Pay Commission Assistant Professor ₹ 1,01,000+TA+DA+HRA Associate Professor ₹ 1,29,600+TA+DA+HRA Professor ₹ 1,69,700+TA+DA+HRA

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