Ahmedabad: Renowned scientist and educationist Yash Pal, whose report on reforms in higher education early this year received wide acclaim from reformists, has said it is high time that the whole education sector goes for an absolute freedom movement. A movement that creates an atmosphere 
where talent is not caged in a set pattern, as is being practiced in the present education system. Delivering a lecture at the Ahmedabad Management Association here on Wednesday, Yash Pal said that in the journey of preparing the report he found that most of the universities had lost the basic qualities to be called a university. There were no connections between departments in varsities and they acted like separate entities. He was delivering 8th Shri Ramanbhai Patel Memorial Lecture on 'Inner process of developing an advice to radically change the culture and management of higher education'. "Most of the varsities in the country have lost their meaning. They are becoming narrower in focus. There are gaps in every department. For example, department of political science has no links with department of physics because of rigid and outdated approach," Yash Pal said. Sharing his experiences while preparing the report, Yash Pal said that he found that because of political interference in the running of education institutions in the present system, posts of heads such as vice-chancellors had become a ground of political battles. He said over the years nearly 16 governing bodies, such as University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), were set up just to separate different streams of education. He said these apex bodies were riddled with corruption, wanton interference and delays.
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where talent is not caged in a set pattern, as is being practiced in the present education system. Delivering a lecture at the Ahmedabad Management Association here on Wednesday, Yash Pal said that in the journey of preparing the report he found that most of the universities had lost the basic qualities to be called a university. There were no connections between departments in varsities and they acted like separate entities. He was delivering 8th Shri Ramanbhai Patel Memorial Lecture on 'Inner process of developing an advice to radically change the culture and management of higher education'. "Most of the varsities in the country have lost their meaning. They are becoming narrower in focus. There are gaps in every department. For example, department of political science has no links with department of physics because of rigid and outdated approach," Yash Pal said. Sharing his experiences while preparing the report, Yash Pal said that he found that because of political interference in the running of education institutions in the present system, posts of heads such as vice-chancellors had become a ground of political battles. He said over the years nearly 16 governing bodies, such as University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), were set up just to separate different streams of education. He said these apex bodies were riddled with corruption, wanton interference and delays.For further details visit as : http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_uncage-higher-education_1283877
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