[pib] Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

Mains Paper 2 : Health & Education |

From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level : EQUIP Programme

Mains level : Promoting India as a global study destination

The HRD Ministry has finalized and released a five-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP) .
This has been done in accordance with the decision of the PM for finalizing a five-year vision plan for each Ministry.

Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

The Expert Groups drawn from senior academicians, administrators and industrialists, have suggested more than 50 initiatives that would transform the higher education sector completely.
The Groups have set the following goals for higher education sector:

Double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education and resolve the geographically and socially skewed access to higher education institutions in India
Upgrade the quality of education to global standards
Position at least 50 Indian institutions among the top-1000 global universities
Introduce governance reforms in higher education for well-administered campuses
Accreditation of all institutions as an assurance of quality
Promote Research & Innovation ecosystems for positioning India in the Top-3 countries in the world in matters of knowledge creation
Double the employability of the students passing out of higher education
Harness education technology for expanding the reach and improving pedagogy
Promote India as a global study destination
Achieve a quantum increase in investment in higher education

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