Paper 1 · Higher Education UGC NET December 2023 (11.12.2023) Shift-II

Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:According to NEP 2020, one of the verticals of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), the General Education Council (GEC), will be responsible for the accreditation of Higher Education Institutions.

Statement II:According to NEP 2020, through a suitable system of graded accreditation and graded autonomy, and in a phased manner over 15 years, all HEIs in India will aim to become independent self-governing institutions.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Explanation

NEP 2020 assigns accreditation to a National Accreditation Council, while a phased move toward self-governance over fifteen years is genuinely planned.

Statement 1 is wrong because accreditation is the task of the National Accreditation Council, not the General Education Council.

The General Education Council instead sets learning outcomes and standards for higher education.

Statement 2 is correct, describing graded accreditation and graded autonomy leading to self-governing institutions.

This transformation is meant to unfold in phases across roughly fifteen years.

The Higher Education Commission of India is proposed as a single overarching regulator with separate verticals for these functions.

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