Bengaluru: Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday inaugurated a one-day workshop on the Institutional Development Plan for higher education institutes.
He also released the UGC Compendium of Regulations (1957-2023) as a single, accessible & reliable source of all UGC rules.
Addressing the event, Pradhan said the higher education institutes of the country will play a crucial role in realising the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Viksit Bharat by embracing the core values and spirit of NEP 2020.
He also highlighted the role of the HEIs in redefining the purpose and structure of education, empowering youth and making them future-ready, doubling the gross enrolment ratio, bringing a vast majority of the population under the higher education net, effectively utilising demographic advantage, achieving academic, research & innovation excellence. The Union Education minister discussed the way forward for transforming 5000 HEIs into centres-of-excellence through holistic and inclusive approaches.
“Education will propel India from being a consuming economy to becoming a producing economy. The institutional development plan should focus on enhancing the competencies of our vast demography, facilitating learner-centric and multidisciplinary education, integrating Bharatiya Bhasha in higher learning, prioritising innovation, entrepreneurship and job-creation as an outcome, capacity building of teachers and achieving the global standard of research & development,” Pradhan said.
“The world looks at India’s talent pool for new models and solutions to challenges of our age,” he stated. He exhorted the academic fraternity to work in a focused and time-bound manner to reinvent their institutions, transforming the higher educational landscape and achieving national priorities.
Speaking on the relevance and importance of the workshop K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education elaborated on the ambitious plan the Ministry of Education had presented to the Prime Minister as part of the social group with the vision for the next twenty-five years.
He also emphasized the Future of Work and that the IDP must focus on enhancing the quality of the institutes.
About the Workshop:
The workshop on Institutional Development Plan (IDP) brings together higher education institutions to discuss strategies for institutional growth and development. The compendium will serve as a valuable resource for institutions as they develop and implement their IDP. Over 170 representatives from HEIs across India are participating in this workshop. Aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the IDP provides institutions with a clear roadmap to develop their vision, mission and goals for a future-ready education system.
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