State universities Vs deemed universities: Which is better?
The universities act as an important medium in grooming students' life along with providing respective degrees, knowledge, talent, capabilities, and skills which have been honed by these universities to provide them with the credential and capability of using their actual skill in real life. The article explains in detail the points of difference between a state and a deemed university. Read to know more.
In order to pursue higher education, after completing their schooling a candidate is required to enroll in the university. Universities are the stepping stone after schools. It is not just the next stage after the intermediate but also a pillar of higher education all over the world. Universities helps not just in shaping up a candidates' career but also provide an opportunity to candidates in choosing what they want to become in the future and in their lives. The universities act as an important medium in grooming students' life along with providing respective degrees, knowledge, talent, capabilities, and skills which have been honed by these universities to provide them with the credential and capability of using their actual skill in real life.
Types of Universities
Universities are mainly classified into four types. The detailed classification is given below:
- Central Universities
- State Universities
- Deemed Universities
- Private Universities
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From the first University in India being established at Kolkata as Calcutta University in 1857 by the British, we have come a long way in establishing universities in India. Here in the article we have discussed in detail about the difference between the State and the Deemed universities in India.
State University
The government of India delegated the responsibility of distribution of education to every corner of the country through the state government by an act passed in 1950. It was the responsibility of the state governments at that time to set up universities for higher education throughout the state. A state university can be said to be a university that has been set up or established by the State Act or even in some cases by the Provincial Act for state Universities set up before Independence of India. These universities were the sole responsibility of the state including the dispersion of adequate grants and funds which are essential in running the university. The funds are also supplied in the form of planned and un-planned grants which are essential in the operation of the university at its highest level. Another amendment in the Act of 1950 was passed in 1976 which divided the responsibility of the universities among the state and central governments. The state universities are also responsible to conform to the guidelines set up by a body known as the University Grants Commission (UGC) except in some special cases.
Deemed University
The Deemed Universities can be called exceptional universities which are very soon to be deemed as universities. This could only be passed by the UGC under section 3 of the UGC Act of 1956 which would allow any educational institute, on the advice of the Central Government, to be deemed as a university. The Central Government can declare any educational institute to be deemed on the advice of the UGC only by the help of notification in the Official Gazette and all provisions of being a university can be applied on the educational institute of being a university by the Act which is implied in clause (f) of section 2. Generally, such a status is granted to any educational institute when it has performed exceptionally in the fields of Research and Publications. It is granted the status of deemed universities for providing excellent quality of knowledge and education to its students. Generally, the deemed universities are granted this provision as institute of higher learning by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) on the recommendation of UGC.
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State Universities V/S Deemed Universities – What makes them apart from each other?
There are certain differences which can be observed in between State Universities and Deemed Universities that are mentioned below:
• A state university is created when legislation is passed by the state government whereas the deemed universities are passed as ‘deemed to be a university’ by the UGC under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.
• A state university had been funded and established from scratch by the state government and governed by the guidelines laid by the UGC. Deemed Universities have been funded by private or government players formerly as only educational institutes. They achieve the status of the university only after the recommendation made by the Central Government on the recommendation of the UGC.
• The fee structure and the course structure are regulated and streamlined in case of the state university. The students who study in state universities sometimes belong to very poor families and this regulation, therefore, helps to keep the fee structure for education down in the state universities. The fee has to be designed so that it would not become hefty and prove to be a problem for the less fortunate students to pay the fees. But the deemed universities have complete freedom in designing their own courses and fees structures. The HRD Ministry or the UGC still doesn’t have any control over the fee structure of the deemed universities and they enjoy complete autonomy over such matters.
• The state university fees are streamlined and this often also increases some burden over the universities when insufficient grants are provided to them for running universities. This problem of providing sufficient grants has surfaced in many universities which have led to inadequate facilities in state universities. But, the deemed universities being autonomous in charging course fees do rarely run out of funds and therefore always have state of the art labs and facilities.
The state universities and deemed universities although may seem different from the perspective of this article but they are so because of the different functionalities they provide to the society. The deemed universities provide excellent facilities for rare and advanced courses but the state universities provide education to all through their functioning. There are also many similarities between them but they are made different to serve different purposes in the field of education.
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