The authorities on Friday drafted modification guidelines for ‘deemed-to-be’ universities, which proposes to put off the situation that an establishment needs to be in existence for no less than 20 years earlier than making use of for the tag. Is required.
The draft UGC (Institutions for Universities) Regulations, 2022 additionally recommends creating multi-disciplinary establishments, or a bunch of them, with a minimal of 5 departments eligible to use for deemed college standing.
UGC Chairman Prof M Jagadesh Kumar stated that the Commission felt that there’s a have to amend the prevailing pointers to align them with the National Policy on Education, 2020, which seeks to outline a ‘deemed-to-be college’ or ‘affiliated college’. advocates eliminating the situations altogether. ,
Under the present guidelines, the 20-year stipulation is waived solely in instances the place candidates can set up that they are going to “address the country’s strategic needs and/or engaged in the protection of cultural heritage”. Such candidates are given deemed standing beneath ‘de novo standing’.
Professor Kumar stated the governance construction of deemed-to-be universities can be much like that of central universities, as soon as the draft guidelines are authorised.
“The eligibility criteria will be NAAC ‘A’ grade with at least 3.01 CGPA for three consecutive cycles or NBA accreditation for two-thirds of eligible programs for three,” he stated.
The draft guidelines additionally envisage alternative of the phrase ‘de novo’ with ‘distinguished establishment’. Emphasis has been laid on simplifying the method of sanctioning off-campus facilities of deemed universities.
“The approval of off-campus centers will be given by the UGC. Earlier this approval was given by the Ministry of Education. Deemed universities will also be eligible to start off-shore campus centers as per the UGC rules on the subject,” Prof Kumar stated.
In case of violation of guidelines, graded penalties have been launched, which embrace warnings by public notices, restrictions on enlargement, closure of applications or departments and withdrawal of deemed college standing for repeated defaults, he stated. .
‘Deemed’ provision
Deemed provision was launched for extra establishments of upper schooling to acquire the standing of universities for all sensible functions as a result of beneath the UGC Act, 1956, college standing could be achieved solely by these establishments that are topic to state or union legal guidelines. put in for.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
