MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. According to information furnished by the University Grants Commission (UGC),
a new scheme namely Establishment and Monitoring of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQACs) has
been launched during XI Plan for planning, guiding and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality
Enhancement (QE) activities of the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) with the following objectives
/goals:-
(i) To develop a quality system for conscious, consistent and catalytic programmed
action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the HEIs.
(ii) To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through
internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
UGC has sanctioned grant of Rs. 5.00 lakh to each Central Universities
for establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell.
(c) & (d): Yes, Sir. UGC constitutes visiting committee comprising of experts from various
specialisation and from different part of country to evaluate XI financial requirement of
the University as well as review of previous development activities of the University.
(e): Improvement of quality of higher education is a continuous endeavour. A substantial increase
in Plan allocation has been made in the Eleventh Plan aiming at improvement of quality through
increased allocation for improvement of infrastructure in the existing higher and technical
educational institutions and by way of setting up of new quality institutions such as Central
Universities in uncovered States, Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management,
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Indian Institutes of Information Technology,
Schools for Planning and Architecture, etc.
As a measure to attract quality personnel for faculty position in Colleges and Universities, the Central
Government has accepted the recommendations of the Pay Review Committee to provide higher salaries and
other allowances and better service condition than those for the Group “A†Civil Services.
UGC (Minimum Qualifications required for the appointment & Career Advancement of teachers in universities
and institutions affiliated to it) 3rd Amendment Regulation, 2009 and the UGC (Minimum Standards and
Procedure for Award of M. Phil / Ph.D. Degree), Regulation, 2009 has been notified on 11th July, 2009
for making NET/SLET compulsory for appointment for the post of Lecturers/ Assistant Professors in
Universities/Colleges and this is an important measure to improve the quality of teachers.
