REGULATORY BODIES OF EDUCATION IN INDIA: A REVIEW

Akash Yadav*, Sheetal Makwana and Dinesh Kumar Jain

ABSTRACT

India has one of the largest education systems in the world. Education has become a must medication for every country to help their existence and development economically. India is one among them, which concentrates more on extending education to the whole states within that and make sure that it being developed into a hundred percent literacy rated nation. The purpose of education is to sense talent proactively and the reason of school education is to guide the child‟s discovery of himself, identify and nurture his potential to the fullest. The higher education sector in India has a three-tier structure comprising the university, college and course. Higher education sector needs ruling to ensure planned and development, quality of education, equity and social justice (quotas and other affirmative policies). Education in India is provided by the public sector with the private sector, with control and funding next from three levels: central, state and local. A regulatory body of education is an external group that has been empowered by legislation to supervise and legalize the educational process and outputs relevant to it. Professional councils or Regulatory Authorities are responsible for recognition of courses, promotion of professional institutions and providing grants to undergraduate programmes and various awards. The coordination and determination of standards in Universities & Colleges is entrusted to the UGC and other statutory regulatory bodies.

Keywords: Regulatory bodies, University Grants Commission (UGC), Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), Medical Council of India (MCI).