HECI should ensure employability, job creation, global outlook with strong footing in Indian Knowledge System and language – Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today had an extensive consultation on taking further steps for the formulation of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI).
During the meeting, Shri Pradhan said that HECI should ensure employability, job creation, and a global outlook. It should ensure global academic standards and provide more academic autonomy to the higher education institutions, he added.
He further said that this important recommendation of NEP-2020 will be one of the many steps in the direction of decolonization of the education system of the country.
It was proposed that HECI can be an overarching umbrella for the guidance of all the higher education institutions in the country