As the government has decided to dispense with the Central regulatory bodies like University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), employees of these agencies are bound to be worried about their future. Once a super regulator is constituted to replace these agencies, their staff will be rendered jobless.
Under the circumstances, Kapil Sibal’s assurance came as a ray of hope and a welcome relief for thousands of staff members of these institutions. The HRD Minister has assured that his ministry would take all care not to harm the interests of the employees of existing regulatory agencies due this transition. He, however, hinted that his assurance could not be taken as a blank cheque when he said the transformation would still result in some pain. The government will create the proposed overarching body National Commission for Higher Education and Research through an amendment to the constitution. Constitution of this body will prove death knell for all the existing regulators namely UGC, AICTE, Distance Education Council and National Council of Teachers’ Education. UGC officers have already held out a banner of revolt threatening to launch an agitation. They want the government to take them into confidence before taking any decision on their fate. They wanted to know how they are going to be accommodated in the wake of UGC merging with NCHER. A task force constituted by the HRD Ministry on the transition will suggest ways to accommodate employees of these organisations. The minister has yet to come out with a concrete plan on how to assimilate the beleaguered staff under the new system.
Under the circumstances, Kapil Sibal’s assurance came as a ray of hope and a welcome relief for thousands of staff members of these institutions. The HRD Minister has assured that his ministry would take all care not to harm the interests of the employees of existing regulatory agencies due this transition. He, however, hinted that his assurance could not be taken as a blank cheque when he said the transformation would still result in some pain. The government will create the proposed overarching body National Commission for Higher Education and Research through an amendment to the constitution. Constitution of this body will prove death knell for all the existing regulators namely UGC, AICTE, Distance Education Council and National Council of Teachers’ Education. UGC officers have already held out a banner of revolt threatening to launch an agitation. They want the government to take them into confidence before taking any decision on their fate. They wanted to know how they are going to be accommodated in the wake of UGC merging with NCHER. A task force constituted by the HRD Ministry on the transition will suggest ways to accommodate employees of these organisations. The minister has yet to come out with a concrete plan on how to assimilate the beleaguered staff under the new system.
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