MP Oscar Fernandes urges lecturers give feedback on NCHER Bill

MP Oscar Fernandes urges lecturers give feedback on NCHER Bill

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 2, 2012:  Responding to Dr. A. M. Narahari’s suggestions about the National Commission for Higher Education and Research Bill (NCHER) of 2011 at a higher education convention organized by the Association of Mangalore University College Teachers (AMUCT) on Sunday, MP Oscar Fernandes, head of the standing committee on human resource development, said that lecturers from Mangalore can place their suggestions about the NCHER Bill before a government committee, which is scheduled to visit Trivandrum or Chennai soon.

 

 

 

Delivering the address on the occasion, Dr. Narahari had placed several suggestions about the NCHER Bill before Mr. Fernandes. He had also stated that, because of the scope for private public partnership provided in the bill, education stands in danger of being totally commercialized.

In his response, Mr. Fernandes said that the central committee can handle the appointment of vice chancellors for central universities, but would not interfere in the appointment of vice chancellors for state universities.

He also urged the members of the AMUCT to take part in a meeting with the NCHER committee and place their observations and suggestions before this committee. These suggestions will then be discussed in Parliament, he added.

Stating that the bill was formulated with the intention of improving the quality of education, Mr. Fernandes said that no Indian university features in the list of top 100 universities in the world although Indian students and Indian teachers are widely sought all over the world. It is, therefore, the need of the hour to improve the quality of education, he added.

Prof. T. C. Shivashankar Murthy, vice chancellor of Mangalore University, presided.

Dr. Kamalamma V., director of collegiate education, Government of Karnataka; C. H. Murigendrappa, president of FUCTAK; T. M. Manjunath, general secretary of FUCTAK; Dr. Manjula K. T., principal of Besant Women’s College, Mangalore; and many others were also present.