‘Lack of teachers and infra pose hurdles in NEP implementation’

Jaipur: The higher education institutions in the state have raised the issue of lack of teachers and proper infrastructure as the main challenges in implementing National Education Policy (NEP).
The universities, during a consultative meeting, conducted by Rajasthan State Higher Education Council (RSHEC) in the first week of May, gave a status update to the state government on their preparedness before the start of implementation process. Universities said that it is difficult to implement the policy by relying on guest faculties.
Citing its weaknesses in the university's progress note, Haridev Joshi University (HJU), mentioned, “We lack in providing adequate infrastructure to our students as we are functioning in a rented campus at Hotel Khasa Kothi in Jaipur. Hence, we are unable to provide some core facilities to our students such as- studio, media lab, sports ground etc….”
HJU also raised the dearth of teaching and non-teaching staff in the university. “HJU is facing a great problem due to the lack of human resources.”
Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur in its progress note mentioned, “Due to acute shortage of teaching staff, it is difficult to conduct continuous assessment (CA) tests as per guidelines of NET-2020. Financial help is required to get this job done from the guest faculties if permanent staff is not appointed.”
The university also mentioned that there can be problems in conducting examinations for multi-disciplinary concepts for which there is a “need for a very early examination timetable."
National Law University, Jodhpur mentioned that the institution is largely self-funded with only infrastructure development grants received from various state agencies.
“With the introduction of new courses, it will be imperative that they be rolled out with a self-financing blueprint, which would bring self-sufficiency and accountability for all stakeholders. Adequate financial grants shall remove many of these impediments and allow the institution to attain its NEP goals,” mentioned NLU Jodhpur. The University of Kota raised the issue of including non-collegiate students in NEP-2020.
“In remote affiliated colleges of the University, the big problem is to maintain the records of CA and credits. In Hadoti most of the affiliated colleges are situated in remote areas, there is less or no manpower, no internet facility and such colleges are facing the problem of faculty and other resources (staff, infrastructure),” said the progress note of University of Kota.