Vineet Pandey’s Classes HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES 1) Kothari Commission (1964-1966) It was formed on 14 July 1964 and dissolved on 29 June 1966 Headquarters in Delhi 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 India 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 28-B-7/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas, Near IIT Delhi Metro Station 1 New Delhi – 110016, Contact No. 8587035827, 9267928908 Vineet Pandey’s Classes 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 28-B-7/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas, Near IIT Delhi Metro Station 2 New Delhi – 110016, Contact No. 8587035827, 9267928908 Vineet Pandey’s Classes 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. 28-B-7/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas, Near IIT Delhi Metro Station 3 New Delhi – 110016, Contact No. 8587035827, 9267928908 Vineet Pandey’s Classes 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 28-B-7/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas, Near IIT Delhi Metro Station 4 New Delhi – 110016, Contact No. 8587035827, 9267928908 Vineet Pandey’s Classes 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 28-B-7/1, Jia Sarai, Hauz Khas, Near IIT Delhi Metro Station 5 New Delhi – 110016, Contact No. 8587035827, 9267928908 Vineet Pandey’s Classes 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