New Delhi: To check the mushrooming growth of unregulated media institutes which charge exorbitant fees but provide sub standard education, the HRD ministry has formed an inter-ministerial task force.
Several senior journalists like Sanjay Baru, NDTV's Managing Editor Sonia Singh, 'Indian Express' Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Editor of 'The Hindu' Siddharth Varadharajan and Editor of 'Nai Duniya' Alok Mehta are part of the task force along with several government officials and others.
The task force would examine and identify the issues related to the standards of education in media institutes and suggest measures to strengthen the regulatory framework, officials said.
Officials said the task force will also explore the possibility of an accreditation mechanism for media-related education and other such issues.
Officials said the need to create a framework that would ensure certain standards in this sector had been felt for a long time as there was a negative feedback regarding the quality of education imparted by several institutes.
The task force would devise its own methodology for functioning and may select a chairperson from among its members, officials said.
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