Bare ActsThe Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024

Section 9

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(1) The objects of the university shall be as follows, namely : — (a) to develop qualified youth with skill proficiency and competency at different levels; (b) to provide learning, teaching, capacity, capability and skills development and entrepreneurial training, covering a wide spectrum of domains and specializations as may be relevant from time to time in the fields in which future jobs are going to be created such as Automotive, Apparel and Furnishing, Aviation and Aerospace, Media and Entertainment, Film, Capital Goods, Communication, Design, Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship, Business, Banking and Insurance, Healthcare, Hospitality, Logistics, Sports, Travel and Tourism, Life Sciences, Applied and Creative Arts, Humanities, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, E-Business, Retail, Analytics, Agri Business related to industry 4.0, skill based Courses of National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF) and any other fields of study including the imparting of skills that have employment potentiality; (c) to create and deploy new educational programs to promote creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship for inventing of new ways for development and social reconstruction and transformation; (d) to create entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs by providing necessary skill and support; (e) to frame credit framework for competency based skills education; (f) to establish state-of-the-art facilities for education, skills training and entrepreneurship development; (g) to carry out teaching, research and offer continuing quality skills education programmes; (h) to start skills development programs aiming for employment and entrepreneurship, courses in new and emerging areas with innovative approaches; (i) to institute degrees, post-graduate degree, Doctorate of Philosophy, research degree, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on the basis of examinations, or any other methods of evaluation; Inspection by Secretary Level Committee. Objects of university. ¨É½þÉ®úɹ]Åõ ¶ÉɺÉxÉ ®úÉVÉ{ÉjÉ +ºÉÉvÉÉ®úhÉ ¦ÉÉMÉ +É`ö, +ÉìMɺ]õ 7, 2024/¸ÉÉ´ÉhÉ 16, ¶ÉEäò 1946 9 (j) to provide choice based credit system courses including online credit courses; (k) to provide higher vocational skill development and training through a variety of programs leading to gainful employment, entrepreneurship, on-job training and apprenticeship training; (l) to establish links, collaborations and partnerships with other institutions, industry and industry associations in India and abroad; (m) to establish innovative approaches for creation of seamlessness in academic structures, learning time-frames and working and continuous evaluation processes for nurturing and cultivation of creativity and entrepreneurship; (n) to aim at reaching the unreached by using latest Information Communication Technology to deliver education, training and teaching resources to learners; (o) to provide a teaching learning pedagogy which combines multiple forms of education and learning pedagogy and delivery (blended or distance or online or skill or other) and thus provide a ‘Virtual Campus’ where students will come together with experienced faculty and industry members to develop and evolve; (p) to provide learning opportunities to wide range of learners representing diverse backgrounds, age groups and socio-economic status and geographic location through a self-paced, self-styled, face to face and online learning environment; (q) to deliver blended or distance or online degrees in skills education with prior permission of the competent authority; (r) to collaborate with other colleges, universities, research institutions, profit and non-profit organizations, corporates, industry, industry associations, professional associations or other organizations in India or overseas to conceptualize, design, develop and offer specific education and research programmes, training programmes, skill exchange programmes for students, faculty members and others; (s) to provide a teaching learning pedagogy focused on hands-on training, professional and skill based training in line with market needs; (t) to conduct research in labour market requirements in order to understand emerging trends and offer suitable curricula, courses and programmes; (u) to undertake collaborative research and advocacy with any organizations in India or overseas for promoting innovative models of education, research, training and skill development aiming for employment and entrepreneurship; (v) to design and deliver high quality training, capacity building and development systems for teachers, administrators and working professionals; (w) to collaborate with other institutes, industries, businesses, universities or labs or agencies or organizations of repute from other States of India or foreign countries to offer joint programmes or courses or research or exchange faculty or information or share practices and ¦ÉÉMÉ +É`ö-64--2 10 ¨É½þÉ®úɹ]Åõ ¶ÉɺÉxÉ ®úÉVÉ{ÉjÉ +ºÉÉvÉÉ®úhÉ ¦ÉÉMÉ +É`ö, +ÉìMɺ]õ 7, 2024/¸ÉÉ´ÉhÉ 16, ¶ÉEäò 1946 give or receive equipment or resources or grants or consultancy for benefit of students; (x) to offer mechanism and facility for recognition of prior learning, upskilling and reskilling; (y) to offer mechanism and facility of credit banking or transfer system to create options of multi-entry and exit and opportunities for movement across universities or domains or sectors; (z) to provide students an opportunity of life long and continuous training through university courses offered through conventional or blended or distance or online education and other education delivery models suitable for different pedagogical approaches and systems; (za) to provide education, training and skills development opportunities to the informal sector and unorganized workforce in order to build productivity; (zb) to provide flexible and modular learning pathways thereby enabling multi-entry and exit option; (zc) to provide vertical mobility to students undergoing technical, vocational and skills based education and training by offering Diploma, Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral programmes in high growth sectors and offer various specializations to prepare our youth towards gainful employment; (zd) to provide a flexible and open system of learning; (ze) to conduct pedagogical and skill enhancement training and development programmes for faculty and trainers who are involved in imparting vocational education and skill training; (zf) to provide professional and development services to the industry, organizations, agencies and the society at large; (zg) to undertake skill assessment certification for the students studying in the university as well as for other students, agencies, training providers, institutions, industry and organizations ; to organize training on conducting skill assessments for faculty, trainers, agencies, institutions and organizations ; to do research in the pedagogy of skill assessments, online assessments, computerized assessments or tests and develop required software, hardware solutions or other systems or processes for carrying out assessments or tests ; (zh) to use modern and post-modern processes, mechanisms and technologies for governance and management of learning, teaching, researching, evaluating, developing, organizing and creating socio- economic wealth for individuals and society for twenty first century; (zi) to encourage industry and industry association, participation through establishment of innovation labs, in-service training centers, workshops and active participation in all aspects of governance, curricula design, skill training, placements, internships, consultancy, joint projects, etc ; (zj) to establish campuses, skill centers, community colleges, study centers, information centers, test or examination centers, centers of excellence, off campus, off shore campuses, etc. at various locations in and outside the State and country to facilitate delivery, student ¨É½þÉ®úɹ]Åõ ¶ÉɺÉxÉ ®úÉVÉ{ÉjÉ +ºÉÉvÉÉ®úhÉ ¦ÉÉMÉ +É`ö, +ÉìMɺ]õ 7, 2024/¸ÉÉ´ÉhÉ 16, ¶ÉEäò 1946 11 services and dissemination of education, consultancy, information and skill training with the permission of competent regulatory body after five years of its establishment; (zk) to liaison or collaborate with various ministries, State bodies, departments, agencies or other statutory bodies at state, national, international level in order to understand education, skill employment and entrepreneurship needs and to impart programmes accordingly; (zl) to interact with industries for participation in curricula development, teacher training, practical, research, on-job training, skill assessment certifications etc.; (zm) to undertake necessary or expedient action to pursue and promote the objectives of the university; (zn) to ensure that the standard of the degree, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions conferred by a university are not lower than those laid down by the competent regulatory body; (zo) to pursue any other objectives as may be suggested by the Government. (2) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, notify the special objects of the university. (3) The notification issued under sub-section (2) shall be laid before both Houses of the State Legislature.

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