Academic Excellence In Higher Education In India In 21st Century

Abstract

     A Teacher has three major roles to play in Higher education in India-Teaching –Learning Functions involving dissemination of knowledge, Research guidance involving creation of knowledge and Academic administration and management. To be successful in his teaching career, one has to have a strong proactive personality, always believe in oneself and have self discipline and self control. Other attributes include a sensible hard work, becoming extraordinary with patience and laborious work with strong will power. With the incoming of National Education Policy 2020, to achieve excellence in Higher education has become more convenient and easier because it gives scope to think beyond boundaries like in promoting interdisciplinary research, it encourages the need to embrace technology and integrate it with Higher education followed by transforming the culture of evaluation and assessment. It also helps in revising the Indian Education System by making it more participatory, interrogative in nature and challenges the fundamental flaw in NEP 2020.

KeyWords- Teacher, role, knowledge, Teaching, Learning, Academic, Higher Education, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.