National Knowledge Commission Report to the Nation 2009: Overview

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Follow Up on NKC Recommendations By focusing on the five aspects of the knowledge paradigm, NKC has created an extensive roadmap for the future. The Governments at the Centre and State are taking steps for the successful implementation of these policy suggestions. The Government’s commitment to NKC’s vision is reflected in the Eleventh Five Year Plan where NKC’s inputs have been incorporated in formulating the broad contours of the Plan. The Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012) places high priority on education as a central instrument for achieving rapid and inclusive growth with specific emphasis on expansion, excellence and equity. This is evident from the proposed allocation of Rs 3 trillion, a four fold increase over the Tenth Plan. The share of education in the total Plan will accordingly increase from 7.7 per cent to 20 per cent. Initiatives to improve school education in the Plan include reorienting Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with a strong rights focus to make Right to Education a reality. Under the Scheme for Universal Access and Quality at the Secondary Stage, 6000 new high quality model schools are to be set up, with at least one school in each block. The first stream will consist of 2500 public funded schools [2000 in KVs (Kendriya Vidyalayas) and 500 in NVs (Navodaya Vidyalayas) template] to be launched in the Educationally Backward Blocks which have a significant SC, ST, OBC and Minority population. The second stream of about 2500 schools would be set up through Public Private Partnership in other Blocks with emphasis on geographical, demographic, gender and social equity. Modalities for the remaining 1000 schools have not yet been finalised. To strengthen vocational education a new Skill Development Mission under the supervision of the Prime Minister, with an outlay of Rs. 31,200 crore, will aim at opening 1600 new industrial training institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new Skill Development Centres. A Skill Development Corporation will also be created by the Government with the active participation of the private sector to give special training to young men and women, workers and technicians. In Higher and Technical Education the focus of the Eleventh Plan is on expansion, inclusion and rapid improvement in quality by enhancing public spending, encouraging private initiatives and initiating the long overdue major institutional and policy reforms. The Eleventh Plan aims at expansion with the establishment of 30 new universities. Further, 8 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 20 new IIITs, 5 new Indian Institutes of Science, 2 Schools of Planning and Architecture, 10 NITs, 373 new degree colleges and 1000 new polytechnics will also be set up. In establishing these institutions the scope for Public Private Partnership will be explored. The Plan also recognises the need for the review of regulatory institutions such as the UGC, AICTE, MCI and BCI. Subsequently, a High Level Committee has been set up to suggest a specific reforms agenda in this context. For rejuvenation of research in Universities a National Science & Engineering Research Board is proposed. A provision of Rs. 5,000 crore has been made in the Eleventh Plan for an ‘Education Mission through ICT’ to leverage the potential of ICT to enhance the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education. The Plan also envisages the setting up of a National Knowledge Network (NKN) interconnecting all knowledge institutions in the country with gigabit capabilities, for sharing resources and research. To operationalise the first phase of the NKN, 1000 institutions would be linked up. The Plan also makes a commitment to improve public libraries and create a National Translation Mission for promoting Translator education including specialised courses in translation technology. The Government has approved the setting up of a National Translation Mission with an outlay of Rs. 73.97 crore for the Plan period, under the aegis of the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore. The process for launching a National Mission on Libraries is also underway. Emphasis has also been laid on strengthening traditional heath systems such as AYUSH in the National health programs and improving IPR, with the ultimate aim of enhancing the outreach of AYUSH health care in an accessible, acceptable, affordable and qualitative manner. Provisions for strengthening IPR in the Eleventh Plan include undertaking the second phase of modernisation of IP offices. This would specifically seek to address the needs of human resources development, training 18 National Knowledge Commission
and awareness and also infrastructure, besides regular updating of the IT facilities. The Eleventh Plan also recognises the need for an appropriate legislative framework for incentivising the innovators and commercialisation of public funded R&D where the Government, the recipients of funds, the inventor as well as the public benefit from the protection and commercialisation of IP. A Bill on the subject is expected to be introduced in the Parliament. Understanding the importance of innovation, the Plan emphasises the need for a National Innovation Policy which encourages competition among enterprises, greater diffusion of knowledge and increased support to early stage technology development initiatives and grassroots level innovators. NKC recommendations on e-Governance were broadly endorsed by the government and incorporated into the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). As part of the Program Management Structure for the implementation of NeGP, the Cabinet approved the setting up of a Body under the Chairpersonship of the Prime Minister to provide leadership, prescribe deliverables and milestones and to monitor periodically the implementation of the NeGP. Report to the Nation 19
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