Government mulling autonomous colleges: Sibal

October 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The long standing row between the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the human resource development (HRD) ministry about autonomy and allied issues had been solved but within government norms, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said Friday, adding tht there will be no change in the salary structure of the IIT faculty. On Gandhi Jayanti, I want to give good news to the nation.

September 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Monday asked the Catholic clergy to help the government in shaping the three pillars of education - "expansion, inclusion and excellence". Inaugurating the five-day triennial national assembly of the Conference of Religious India (CRI) here in which more than 550 major superiors of about 360 Catholic religious orders are participating, Sibal said there was still a lot to be done for people's education.

September 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In the backdrop of the row between the faculty of premier education institutes and the union ministry, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Saturday that education is neither about autonomy nor about flexibility, it's about taking the country forward. "Institutions demand more flexibility in their working and more autonomy from us.

September 26th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday expressed concern over the poor enrolment from schools to colleges in India, and observed that the national average was "just above" that in the sub-Sahara African countries. "The gross enrolment ratio - that is admission of students from high school to college - in the US is 50 to 70 students per 100 whereas in the Scandinavian countries it is above 70 percent," said Sibal here Saturday.

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday called on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to create quality faculties in the field of technical education to match the growing demands. Speaking at the Convocation of IIT-Delhi, Sibal said despite growth in number of technical institutions, there had not been proportionate increase in quality graduates in the country.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked all state governments to provide a detailed report of their objectives in the field of higher education by 2020 within a three month deadline. "In the next three months...each state must give its vision as to what it wishes to do by 2020 in the filed of higher education," he said at a conference here attended by higher education secretaries of states," Sibal said.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Friday said the government was considering allowing new autonomous colleges to be set up independent of universities but with stringent quality parameters. Addressing a meeting of principal secretaries and secretaries of higher education from various states here, Sibal said: "The government is thinking in terms of allowing the setting up of autonomous colleges." Elaborating on his idea, Sibal told IANS: "Right now, there is no institution that starts as an autonomous college.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Friday asked all the states to prepare a vision document within the next three months on the targets to be achieved in the higher education sector by 2020. "All state governments must prepare a vision document for higher education.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Only 11 out of 100 students going to school in India reach graduation levels - this is a recipe for disaster, says new Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal as he pushes the cause of primary and secondary education. "The figure is startling.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Stating that the government was committed to improve and reform education standards in India, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday an apex panel on higher education will be formed soon. The autonomous National Commission for Higher Education and Research, which will encompass in itself the existing professional councils and regulatory agencies, including the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Medical Council of India and the AICTE, will be formed within the first 100 days of the new government, Sibal told reporters.

June 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday warned colleges in the state against ban on wearing jeans on campuses, and said it would not tolerate any dress restriction and will take legal action against educational institutions implementing it. "We have come to know that several colleges are mulling a proposal to ban jeans, while some colleges have already issued an order in this regard.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - HRD Minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday that the government has decided that it will not accept any further applications of aspiring deemed universities and would conduct a thorough review of the functioning of such universities. "The ministry will set up its own committee, which will visit the deemed universities.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing confidence about forming the government again with allies, the Congress party said Friday it would bag around 200 seats in the polls. 'The party is running towards the 200 (seat) mark.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party's Chandni Chowk MP Kapil Sibal has accused his BJP rival Vijender Gupta of violating the Model Code of Conduct. Sibal released a CD to the press on Saturday to prove his case.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The government is setting up a Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to promote basic research work in science and engineering, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. The SERB will be an autonomous body and a bill in this regard was passed by the Lok Sabha Dec 19, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told the Lok Sabha.