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NEW DELHI: As a part of its new initiative underneath the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to deliver trade {and professional} experience into tutorial establishments by a brand new place known as ‘Professor of Practice,’ the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday nudged enterprise chambers to hitch academia to assist college students purchase expertise to satisfy the trade calls for.
In separate letters to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), NASCOM, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and ASSOCHAM, UGC Secretary Prof Rajnish Jain stated the NEP 2020 recommends transformative reforms within the larger schooling sector.
“The main thrust of the policy is the promotion of holistic and multidisciplinary education. Integration of academic scholarship with practical experience is an important step in the context of holistic and multidisciplinary education,” the letter stated.
The letter stated that the UGC had taken a brand new initiative of partaking the ‘Professor of Practice’ in Higher Educational Institutions (HEls).
It stated that “engaging distinguished experts from industries will help students acquire the skills and expertise necessary to meet the industry demands.”
“We look forward to your active involvement and cooperation to give wide publicity of the scheme so that distinguished experts from industries may avail the opportunities to join academia,” it added.
In a separate mail to vice-chancellors of universities, establishments, and principals of all schools have been additionally requested to take essential steps to have interaction ‘Professor of Practice’ in accordance with the requirement and by following the rules.
The place was created to assist deliver real-world practices and experiences into the school rooms and increase the college sources in larger schooling establishments.
In flip, the trade and society will profit from educated graduates with related expertise.
The goal was additionally to develop programs and curricula to satisfy the trade and societal wants and allow the HEIs to work with trade specialists on joint analysis initiatives and consultancy companies which might be mutually useful.
The thought was additionally to usher in distinguished specialists from numerous fields, together with engineering, science, expertise, entrepreneurship, and administration, into the educational establishments, and to allow the HEIs to formally affiliate with individuals of eminence and encourage them to take part in experiential studying, analysis, coaching, skilling, entrepreneurship and extension and to play a mentoring function.
According to the rules, the variety of Professors of Practice in an HEI, at any time limit, shouldn’t exceed 10 % of the sanctioned posts in an HEI. The place could possibly be both part-time or full-time and can be determined between the professional and the establishment. The tenure shouldn’t exceed three years, a most of 4.
NEW DELHI: As a part of its new initiative underneath the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to deliver trade {and professional} experience into tutorial establishments by a brand new place known as ‘Professor of Practice,’ the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday nudged enterprise chambers to hitch academia to assist college students purchase expertise to satisfy the trade calls for.
In separate letters to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), NASCOM, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and ASSOCHAM, UGC Secretary Prof Rajnish Jain stated the NEP 2020 recommends transformative reforms within the larger schooling sector.
“The main thrust of the policy is the promotion of holistic and multidisciplinary education. Integration of academic scholarship with practical experience is an important step in the context of holistic and multidisciplinary education,” the letter stated.
The letter stated that the UGC had taken a brand new initiative of partaking the ‘Professor of Practice’ in Higher Educational Institutions (HEls).
It stated that “engaging distinguished experts from industries will help students acquire the skills and expertise necessary to meet the industry demands.”
“We look forward to your active involvement and cooperation to give wide publicity of the scheme so that distinguished experts from industries may avail the opportunities to join academia,” it added.
In a separate mail to vice-chancellors of universities, establishments, and principals of all schools have been additionally requested to take essential steps to have interaction ‘Professor of Practice’ in accordance with the requirement and by following the rules.
The place was created to assist deliver real-world practices and experiences into the school rooms and increase the college sources in larger schooling establishments.
In flip, the trade and society will profit from educated graduates with related expertise.
The goal was additionally to develop programs and curricula to satisfy the trade and societal wants and allow the HEIs to work with trade specialists on joint analysis initiatives and consultancy companies which might be mutually useful.
The thought was additionally to usher in distinguished specialists from numerous fields, together with engineering, science, expertise, entrepreneurship, and administration, into the educational establishments, and to allow the HEIs to formally affiliate with individuals of eminence and encourage them to take part in experiential studying, analysis, coaching, skilling, entrepreneurship and extension and to play a mentoring function.
According to the rules, the variety of Professors of Practice in an HEI, at any time limit, shouldn’t exceed 10 % of the sanctioned posts in an HEI. The place could possibly be both part-time or full-time and can be determined between the professional and the establishment. The tenure shouldn’t exceed three years, a most of 4.
