New Delhi: With the HRD ministry having already mooted the idea of setting up 14 world-class innovation universities through public-private partnership, Kapil Sibal on Tuesday told Lord Mervyn Davies, British minister for trade, investment and business, about possible collaboration on the score.
Davies said his government is keen for cooperation with India in the education sector and said that in two areas of teacher training and certification, the UK could offer its expertise through collaboration. He emphasized that the mood for India in the UK is very positive.
He hoped that India would open up its university sector for British universities soon. Sibal said the education sector could see massive growth in the coming years to cater to the rising demand both in India and abroad. He underlined that while framing regulations, the focus would be to keep out fly-by-night operators from the education sector.
The 14 proposed innovation universities aiming at world-class standards will set new benchmarks in higher education, be it in academics or autonomy.
Admission to the universities will be done through a two-stage testing process: a screening process involving a standardized aptitude test in broad areas of higher learning such as physical sciences, social sciences, humanities, languages and life sciences where tests would gauge the cognitive and analytic abilities. In the second stage, candidates will have to go through an examination that measures knowledge through essay type questions.
In post-graduate level, a standardized aptitude test would be conducted. For doctorate programmes, references from eminent academicians would supplement the results obtained at the PG level. TNN
HRD minister Kapil Sibal with British minister Lord Mervyn Davies in Delhi
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