Srihari Yamanoor
2004-01-17 05:52:19 UTC
Was Joshi hit by something? How did sense get into the Indian government? Well, the most surprising things do happen in life. After pouring money by the bag to help enrich America (- even that's debatable) by educating 3000 people a year, whose only help so far has been helping create more space in an overpopulated country (by exiting), the government is asking the right questions. Well, that definitely puts us in path to be a developed country! Still...the attribute to Roorkee reads like a joke.
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After IIMs, Joshi targets IITs: no value for money EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, JANUARY 16 Two days after he announced the decision to make Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) more affordable and accessible by slashing their tuition fees, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi today lashed out at the countrys other premier institutesthe Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Raising serious questions on the quality of IITs, Joshi said the largescale spending on the premier technology schools of the country was not resulting in ample dividends.
If we speak of quality of education, I will tell you that the seven IITs get about Rs 70-80 crore each annually, totalling over Rs 750 crore. On the other hand, the University of Roorkee spends Rs 16 crore only. However, the latter surpasses the technology schools in terms of results, said Joshi in his convocation address at the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management here.
Taking a dig at the huge costs involved in running the IITs, Joshi said only sprawling campuses and marvellous buildings do not make quality educational institutes. Does paying or spending more money reflect the products of any institute? Absolutely not. In terms of numbers of papers published, citations received and the number of students serving the country, Roorkee is more valuable than any of the IITs, he said.
Later, the minister also defended the decision to slash the IIMs fees. I have never been able to understand how quality can be attached to fees. There might be necessities like gadgets and equipment to run a quality course, but how can quality of students be determined by the fees? he said.
I told the IIM people, You take Rs 1.25 lakh from a student per year as tution fees. What is your performance? What do you produce? Where are the research papers? Where are the scholars? As I am accountable to the people, you are also accountable to the government as you receive government money. Perform and get money. Apna manmani nahi chalega (You cant do what you want), he said.
Consultancy chalate hain yeh log (These people do consultancy). I have detected irregularities in many of these institutions and I am being criticised for that.
On charges of trying to curb the autonomy of these institutes, he said: Yesterday, I asked IIM Ahmedabads Narayan Murthy, Where did we curtail your autonomy. Did I tell you to appoint one teacher of our choice? Did we ask you to admit anyone?. Then why does this talk of curbing the autonomy of IIMs crop up? We dont want that. What we want is their accountability to us.
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After IIMs, Joshi targets IITs: no value for money EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, JANUARY 16 Two days after he announced the decision to make Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) more affordable and accessible by slashing their tuition fees, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi today lashed out at the countrys other premier institutesthe Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Raising serious questions on the quality of IITs, Joshi said the largescale spending on the premier technology schools of the country was not resulting in ample dividends.
If we speak of quality of education, I will tell you that the seven IITs get about Rs 70-80 crore each annually, totalling over Rs 750 crore. On the other hand, the University of Roorkee spends Rs 16 crore only. However, the latter surpasses the technology schools in terms of results, said Joshi in his convocation address at the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management here.
Taking a dig at the huge costs involved in running the IITs, Joshi said only sprawling campuses and marvellous buildings do not make quality educational institutes. Does paying or spending more money reflect the products of any institute? Absolutely not. In terms of numbers of papers published, citations received and the number of students serving the country, Roorkee is more valuable than any of the IITs, he said.
Later, the minister also defended the decision to slash the IIMs fees. I have never been able to understand how quality can be attached to fees. There might be necessities like gadgets and equipment to run a quality course, but how can quality of students be determined by the fees? he said.
I told the IIM people, You take Rs 1.25 lakh from a student per year as tution fees. What is your performance? What do you produce? Where are the research papers? Where are the scholars? As I am accountable to the people, you are also accountable to the government as you receive government money. Perform and get money. Apna manmani nahi chalega (You cant do what you want), he said.
Consultancy chalate hain yeh log (These people do consultancy). I have detected irregularities in many of these institutions and I am being criticised for that.
On charges of trying to curb the autonomy of these institutes, he said: Yesterday, I asked IIM Ahmedabads Narayan Murthy, Where did we curtail your autonomy. Did I tell you to appoint one teacher of our choice? Did we ask you to admit anyone?. Then why does this talk of curbing the autonomy of IIMs crop up? We dont want that. What we want is their accountability to us.
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=39363
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