New Delhi, Jun 14: A government panel today favoured giving more autonomy to central educational institutions to help them recruit faculty at higher salary and spend money on various projects without any hassle.
The Higher Education Roundtable, headed by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, today discussed the ideas and decided to set up a sub-committee to consider the issue and suggest measures, a HRD Ministry official said.
The roundtable, comprising experts like Hari Bhartia, Survi Banerjee, Debasis Chaterjee and M S Ananth, also discussed issues like introducing separate accounting practices for educational institutions.
Experts felt that CEIs, which are autonomous institutions, are not able to appoint any faculty or officials without the permission of the ministry.
Besides, the appointments are made purely by government rules which at times can become a deterrent in attracting good faculty.
–Agencies