Taking a serious note on the increasing trend of violating the guidelines framed by the University Grants Fee (UGC), the UGC has written Vice-Chancellors and Directors of all deemed-to-be universities, as the UGC has observed some of them violating the guidelines and instructions framed by the UGC.
Such violations have resulted in confusion among students and parents.
All these varsities have been told to grant a legal undertaking within a month of receiving the letter that the norms were not being violated.
In its letter to all these deemed to be universities, the UGC has mentioned that deemed universities are not allowed to open and run off-campus centres/offshore campus centres/set up new departments/initiation new courses without obtaining specific prior approval of the UGC/ Regime of India.
The letter further says, students could be admitted only after the approvals were obtained and submission of proposals could not be guaranteed approvals.
Deemed Universities can not give misleading advertisements in newspapers in this area constituent units which are not approved, the letter said, adding that the advertisements had to mention the constituent units approved by the regime under the ambit of the deemed university.
Without getting a prior approval of UGC-AICTE-DEC Joint Committee, the deemed varsities cannot conduct any courses under the distance mode. Degrees awarded without such approval would not be valid.
Study centres established for counselling or advising could not admit students, the letter said.
The deemed universities, being unitary institutions, are not allowed to connect any colleges or institutions, and degrees awarded through such colleges or institutions would be treated as fake, says the letter.
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Comment by somya singh — August 8, 2009 @ 10:10 pm