A set of three education-related
legislations will be on the Union Cabinet's agenda when it meets on
Tuesday. This will include an ambitious proposal that will require all
academic institutes right from schools to universities to preserve and
confer degrees/certificates on students in the electronic format as
well.
The National Academic Depository Bill
proposes to create a national-level database of all academic
certification and is projected as a major reform step that will cut
through layers of attestation and inspection processes and crack down
on fake degree rackets. It also means that every student, employer and
institute will be able to take a print of a degree and check its
veracity online — like a demat account. That apart, the ministry feels
the move will help in maintenance of academic records and check problems
like spoilage of certificates over time. It will also ease things for
those seeking duplicate copies of their degrees.
While all new degrees and certificates
will switch to the ‘smart’ format once this legislation comes through,
existing degree holders will also be able to have their certificates
saved electronically with the depository, as per the ministry.
The move has come in the face of several
complaints about fake degrees in circulation — many of which have come
from overseas educational institutes. To be implemented in a phased
manner, the ministry will ask all universities to switch to the “smart
degree” version by saving all degrees as online documents with this
depository system. The Bill, if approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday,
could be introduced in Parliament in this session itself.
Two more pieces of legislation for
amendments to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act,
1953 and the National Institute of Technology Act, 1997 are also headed
for Cabinet nod. They both have already been introduced in Parliament
and are coming up for a final approval after incorporating suggestions
from the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The NIT Act amendment is
aimed at inclusion of the five Indian Institute of Science Education
& Research (IISER) and the 10 new NITs within the ambit of the Act
so as to empower them to award degrees. original post is located here: Indian On Cabinet agenda today: Online degrees, certificates
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Since all classes are online, students will not have to attend classes. For those who work full-time, this will save time, and make scheduling events in their lives much easier. Students will also not have to find parking spaces, leave work early to go to class, or miss family time.
Lectures and other materials are sent to the student who will then read them and prepare to take quizzes and complete assignments. Students will never have to visit a classroom.
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