Ugc & CEC

Ugc CEC

2. UGC & CEC
THE CONSORTIUM FOR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION POPULARLY KNOWN AS CECIS ONE OF THE
COMMISSION OF INDIA. IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION ALONG WITH THE APPROPRIATE USE OF EMERGING
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

3. SYMBOL

4. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION ( UGC)
•MOTTO: GYAN-VIGYANVIMUKTYE(KNOWLEDGE LIBERATES)
•FORMATION: 1956
•HEAD QUARTERS: NEW DELHI.
•LOCATION: INDIA
•CHAIRMAN: PROF. VEDPRAKASH
•AFFILIATION: DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.

5. OBJECTIVES
•TO CO-ORDINATE, DETERMINE AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
•TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
•TO DEVELOP UNIVERSITIES AS CENTERS' OF EXCELLENCE. • TO ASSESS THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE
UNIVERSITIES AND FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT PROPER PLANS AND PROGRAMS.

6. FUNCTIONS OF UGC
TO ENQUIRE INTO THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE UNIVERSITIES .
•ALLOCATE AND DISBURSE GRANDSTO UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR MAINTENANCES.
•ADVISING CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ON THE MEASURES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION.
•PROMOTE AND CO-ORDINATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
•INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

7. CEC
•CEC AN INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED BY UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC) ON
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MAY 1993 UNDER SECTION 12(CCC) OF ITS ACT.
•CEC IS A NODAL AGENCY AT NATIONAL LEVEL, TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY
THROUGH THE USE OF VARIOUS MODES OF COMMUNICATION SUCH AS TV, RADIO, EDUSATAND INTERNET.

8. •CEC AND MEDIA CENTREARE INITIATING NEW PROGRAMMESIN TEACHER WITH ACADEMIC STAFF
COLLEGE OF UGC.
•THE CEC ALONG WITH EMRCS ARE THE ONLY ORGANISATIONIN THE COUNTRY TO TAKE UP EDUCATIONAL
MEDIA RESEARCH ACTIVITY.
•CEC IS PLANNING TO CREATE MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSES ON CLOUD FOR BENEFITS OF STUDENTS.

9. OBJECTIVES OF CEC
•CLOSE COORDINATION, FACILITATION, OVERALL GUIDANCE AND TOWARDS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MEDIA
CENTRESSET UP BY THE UGC IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
•• DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES(AUDIO/VISUAL AND WEB BASED)AND RELATED
SUPPORT MATERIAL FURTHER SETTING UP OF APPROPRIATE FACILITATES FOR SUCH PRODUCTION.

10. •RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OPTIMISINGTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH PROGRAMMES
PROVIDING A FORUM FOR THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE ACADEMIC CREATION AND OTHER
SCHOLARS IN THE CREATION OF APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES.
•STUDYING, PROMOTING AND EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL INCREASE THE REACH
AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION

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