The present generation is running to turn their
children into celebrities and billionaires. In this run, they are not
recognizing many things. Accreditation of the courses is one among them. In
case one completes a course and finds that his/her course is not recognized by
any university/institution, he she ends up in great trouble, draining money and
the most value time which can never be regained. Here, social status
imparted by the job is valued above the taste of the child. This is the era of
competition. This unhealthy competition may be more in education fields.
There are separate authorized agencies for each
course. This authorization is not only for a particular course and institution
but for conducting of a particular course in an institution. The authorization
from the government agency is not a lifelong thing, but for a certain period
after which the same has to be renewed by the concerned institution. This
authorization is for a limited number of seats and the admission beyond that
capacity is unauthorized. Another dimension as regards authorization is,
‘whether the course is full time or part time’. The concern in this direction
has to go beyond authorization of a particular institute/course and extend to
whether the university is authorized or not.
The authorized agency for all the central, state
and deemed university in the country is university grants commission. We can
also know the details of fake universities from there. There are 12 authorized
universities in Kerala. For more details please do visit the site www.ugc.ac.in/.
The all India council of technical education
(AICTE) is the authorized agency for the Engineering, Management, Agricultural
Management, Hotel Management, MCA etc. For more details please do visit the
site www.aicte-india.org/.
Council of Architecture is the authorized agency
for Architecture related courses. It is
essential to get the authorization of this agency for working as a professional
architect. You will get more details from the website www.coa.gov.in/.
One needs to check the authorization of Indian
Medical council (www.mciindia.org/)
for medical related courses and
institutes. But the authorization Indian dental council (www.dciindia.org) is required for the courses and institutes
offering dental courses.
The institutes, courses and the quality of
medicine of homeopathy are vested with the Central Council of Homeopathy. For
more details please do visit www.cchindia.com.
Central council of Indian medicine is the
approved agency for the courses, institutes and quality of the medicine of
Ayurveda, Sidha and Unani treatments. www.ccimindia.org/
is the website of the council.
The pharmacy related courses are under the
control of Indian pharmacy council and state pharmacy councils. (www.pci.nic.in/).
The nursing colleges should seek the approval of
Indian nursing council (www.indiannursingcouncil.org/) and corresponding state nursing councils.
The rehabilitation related courses are the study
of physically challenged person. It is very essential to get the approval of
rehabilitation council of India (http://rehabcouncil.nic.in/). Courses
and training of faculties comes under this.
The Bar Council of India is a statutory body
created by Parliament to regulate and represent the Indian law professions. It
promotes legal education and lays down standards of legal education. This is
done in consultation with the Universities in India imparting legal education
and the concerned State Bar Councils. It also recognizes Universities
whose degree in law shall be a qualification for enrolment as an advocate. The
Bar Council of India visits and inspects Universities, or directs the State Bar
Councils to visit and inspect Universities for this purpose. For getting more
details please do visit the website (www.barcouncilofindia.org/).
The recognized agency for agricultural,
agricultural engineering, horticulture etc is Indian council of agricultural
research (www.icar.org.in/). The Veterinary
Council of India (VCI) is a
statutory body which regulates veterinary practice in India. Established under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government
of India in 1984, and based in New Delhi, the Council is governed
by the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984. It prepares and maintains the Indian
Veterinary Practitioners' Register containing the names of all persons who
possess the recognized veterinary qualifications and who are for the time being
enrolled on a State Veterinary Register of the State to which Indian Veterinary
Council Act extends. It lays down the minimum standards of veterinary education
required for granting recognized veterinary qualifications by veterinary
institutions. The website of the council is http://www.vci.nic.in/.
The reorganization of central ministry of
shipping (www.dgshipping.gov.in/)
is necessary for the courses
and institutes related to Mari time.
Director General of Civil Aviation (www.dgca.nic.in/) is the agency for authorizing courses related
to Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Pilot training etc.
Inter National Air Transport Association (www.iata.org) is the
authorized agency for travel and tourism related courses and institutions.
The National Council
for Teacher Education, in its previous status since 1973, was an advisory body
for the Central and State Governments on all matters pertaining to teacher
education, with its Secretariat in the Department of Teacher Education of the
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Despite its
commendable work in the academic fields, it could not perform essential
regulatory functions, to ensure maintenance of standards in teacher education
and preventing proliferation of substandard teacher education institutions. www.ncte-india.org/
is the website of the council.
In pursuance of the
directions issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of
Higher Education, Government of India dated 29.12.2012; the regulatory
functions with regard to Distance Education programmes in higher education have
now been vested with the University Grants Commission. This function is vested with the distance
education bureau under the university grants commission (http://www.ugc.ac.in/deb/).
We have to ensure the recognisation of a
particular course and the institution before choosing a particular course and
institution.