Courses and its Authorization

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.