Amendment of section 4.

In section 4 of the principal Act,—

1. (i) in sub-section (1), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: — “(a) to render advice to the Government, Universities, colleges and other institutions of higher education in the State in matters of access, equity and excellence in higher education;”; ‘ (ii) in sub-section (2), after clause (y), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: — “(2) conduct longitudinal studies to understand the impact of student learning; a

1. (za) promote and integrate scientifically proven indigenous knowledge systems in the State higher education system;
2. (zb) evolve programmes to improve access to higher education for differently abled students;
3. (zc) collaborate with the Government in the implementation of RUSA and other similar centrally sponsored schemes and other central sector schemes within the State;
4. (zd) evolve common academic guidelines for Universities in the State for mutual recognition, approval or equalization of academic programmes or areas of studies and nomenclature thereof; .
5. (ze) evolve common academic guidelines for Universities in the State for recognition, approval or equalization of academic programmes or areas of studies and nomenclature thereof of various programmes * conducted or co-ordinated by Universities or higher education institutions outside the State and outside the country;
6. (zf) facilitate the dissemination of knowledge of higher education to target audience through electronic and print media.”.