new delhi the process for replacing ugc all india council for technical education and national council for teacher education by the proposed national commission for higher education and research ncher and a national testing scheme on the lines of gre for university admission has beguna task force set up by the hrd ministry for the purpose will also advise the government on the creation of 14 world class innovation universities hrd ministry has already moved a concept note on the innovation universities and is seeking the views of stakeholdersparallel to the bill being framed for the ncher the task force will oversee how the transition to the new regulatory body will take placethe task force consists of iit madras director m anandkrishnan social scientist mrinal miri planning commission member sayeeda hamid scientist govardhan mehta and a member of the planning commission to be inducted later hamid was named as a member of the task force in her own capacity and not as member of planning commissionthe task force will advise the hrd ministry on how the interest of employees of the existing regulatory bodies can be protected and what the proposed ncher should be like the task force will also advise the government on the ncher bill ugc employees have already begun protesting against the move to set up ncher on the ground that they were not consulted by the yashpal committee that recommended winding up of ugcanother major issue before the task force will be to evolve the national testing scheme for college admission to be based on the pattern of gre the test will be open to all the aspirants of university education the test will be held more than once a year students would be permited to send their best test score to the university of their choice the national testing scheme was proposed by the yashpal committee on renovation and rejuvenation of higher education