Status of Institute of Eminence
- November 25, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Status of Institute of Eminence
Subject: Polity
Context:
- JNU has applied for Institute of Eminence status,
What is Institute of Eminence Scheme:
- The Institute of Eminence Scheme was launched for Higher Education Institutions in India in 2017 by UGC.
- It aims to identify 10 Public and 10 Private Institutions to be declared as Institute of Eminence (IoE), which will be granted more autonomy, both administratively and academically, and will enjoy better opportunities at the global level.
What are the categories of eligible Institutions:
- Three categories of Institutions are identified to be selected as the Institute of Eminence.
- Existing Government Educational Institutions – They will receive additional funding up to ₹ 1000 Crore.
- Existing Private Higher Educational Institutions – There will be no financial support, but these institutions will be entitled to more autonomy as a special category deemed university.
- Greenfield Category Institutes – They would get a 3 year period to establish and operationalise the Institutions. The Empowered Expert Committee will decide about IoE status of the Institution after that period.
What will be the benefit for such institutions:
- It will ensure complete autonomy to the selected institutions and facilitate them to grow more rapidly
- They will get more opportunity to scale up their operations with more skills and quality improvement so that they become World Class Institutions in the field of education
- To achieve the top world ranking, these Institutions shall be provided with
- Greater autonomy to admit foreign students up to 30% of admitted students
- To recruit foreign faculty up to 25% of faculty strength;
- To offer online courses up to 20% of its programmes
- To enter into academic collaboration with top 500 in the world ranking Institutions without permission of UGC
- Free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without restriction
- The flexibility of course structure in terms of number of credit hours and years to take a degree
- Complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus