e-Governance in Technical Education-aoroadmapa to efficient management of Technical Education In India
The governance of Technical Education in a developing country like India is a challenge, because during the recent past, there has been a phenomenal growth of technical Institutions, without proper rules and regulations. All those connected with Technical education are passing through the worst ever trauma as the Governors (policy & decision makers) through statutory bodies viz AICTE,UGC ,Universities etc have miserably failed to protect the interest either of governors or governed. More so, in India, where the governments are formed through democratic means, the challenge of governance is much larger as the governors themselves are at times not very clear on various rules and procedures and sometimes because of the vested interest of a few unscrupulous, non professional, non-academic, semi literate and illiterate people having taken over the control of technical education with their money power/muscle power. Further, at times, the rules and procedures, though explicitly defined in the constitution, statutes or ordinances, by themselves become hindrances in the path of governance due to lack of transparency and procedural clarities. Moreover, governance is a dynamic process, that cannot be handled through static rules and procedures. Here is the necessity of E-governance or electronic governance – True e-Governance with focus on Transparency, Integrity, gender equity, women empowerment, Processes, Security, Accountability, protection of the interest of students and accessibility: E-governance uses modern information and technologies such as internet, mobile etc for effective, efficient and transparency in information and communication. E-governance is a mechanism that is quick, interactive and provides a clear repository of rules and regulations, which extend help in decision making for both the governors and the governed. The mechanism has the benefit of providing clear cut, transparent, interactive, easy to implement and just solutions (in dynamic mode) in the qui
