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I hope everyone is aware about UGC and after the lock down and pandemic situation it has been in news for different reason like preparing plans and procedures for the new academic session ,conducting the classes ,reopening of colleges and finally conducting exams for university students .So in this blog I will explain you things about UGC.
Key Highlights:
* What is UGC and how it was established?
* What functions UGC will undertake and its Mandates
*Powers, Regulations of UGC .
UGC and Its establishment:
* The developmental activities related to education and
universities were started in the British ruling and Bombay, Madras and
Allahabad universities were established.
* In subsequent times many recommendations were made and in
1948 under the chairmanship of Dr.S.Radhakrishnan the decision was taken to
form UGC on general model of UK.
*In 1952 the central government decided to form a commission
for the fund and grants to the universities and institutes of higher learning /education.
*In 1953, 28 th December it was inaugurated and in November
1956 it was formally established as statutory body through parliamentary act
and it works under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD)
* Initial aim was coordination, determination and
maintenance of standards of university education in India.
* The head office is in New Delhi with six regional offices
located at Pune, Hyderabad Bangalore, Kolkata, Bhopal and Guwahati.
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Organizational structure:
UGC comes under the HRD ministry department of higher education
.The UGC committee consist of Chairman, vice-chairman, Secretary and other
members at present there were total 8 members were there in UGC committee .
Function:
* If any University wants grants then the UGC was the only
grant giving agency in the country.
* It was providing funds to the universities for the
different activates by regular evaluation.
* Coordination, determination and maintenance of standards
in institutions of higher education.
* It also provides the fellowship/ scholarships to the
students, research fellows
Mandates:
* It involved in coordinating, promoting, determination and
maintaining standards in teaching, examination and research in the
universities.
* It also involved in formulating rules and regulation for
the minimum standards of education in the universities.
* Related to the higher learning it acts as link between the
central and state governments.
* It can advise the state and central government the
betterment and improvement of university education.
Powers/ Regulations:
From time to time ugc has brought many regulation it may be
related granting the funds to universities to cancelling grant of the
universities by the regular inspection.
* It can advise the central and state governments regarding
the development and improvement of the university education.
* It can advise any authority for the establishment of any
new universities.
* It also has regulation on fees and donation in certain
cases in universities.
* It also has the rights to confer the different degrees in
the universities.
*It also make the rules regarding minimum qualification of
the teaching staff in the universities.
* Types of Universities controlled by the UGC:
1. Central Universities or union universities are
established by the parliamentary acts.
2. State universities run by the states and union
territories and established by the assembly acts.
3. Deemed or deemed to be universities having the autonomy
status.
4. Private universities approved by the UGC.
Apart from this UGC
also look at the fake universities and it has released the list of fake
universities operating in India and not allowed them to confer any degrees.
*UGC along with CSIR conduct national level exam Known as
NET for the appointment of teachers in colleges and universities.
* The popular autonomous statutory institutions like AICTE,
ICAR BCI, MCI, PCI, VCI etc. will give the accreditation for the universities
under their respective fields .So for the universities under these council it’s
not mandatory to get ugc approval as they get grants from different state or
central governments or any agency or departments .But UGC has role in establishing
all universities. After establishing universities they should get registered
under it.
*Even UGC allowed the distance education and IGNOU is
registered under UGC and the degrees were valid.
Latest UGC guidelines:
On 6th July UGC has released new guidelines regarding
conducting the final year examination by September 30, 2020.
UGC statement about exam:
* Facing so much opposition from the student’s community and
from their parents UGC stated that universities should conduct the final year in
online or off-line or blended mode by the end of September 2020. In defense it stated
that it is necessary to conducted final year exam for the future benefits of
the students. It also released standard of operation (SOP) for conducting exam.
* It has also given example of foreign universities who were
conducting exams in this pandemic situation.
Students /Parents Concern:
* Students said that the guidelines should be advisory in
nature and it should give authority to states for the conducts of exams.
* There concern was many of students and their family
members were become infected, so its not feasible them to attain the exams.
* Movement of students from north –eastern states and remote
areas were also problematic.
*As virus is spreading in cites parents concern over it and
also the PG/accommodation were also not properly available or limited availability
with more cost.
*Transportation facilities railways, airways are also available
on limited routes so it’s difficult for all students to travel by their own
vehicles.
Regarding this matter many students organization approached the Supreme Court for cancellation of exams. UGC also collecting the decisions of different universities. HRD minister also said that they are looking at the student’s reaction over it. Supreme Court is yet to take decision on it.
So basically UGC is an advisory body but it has powers to
make rules and regulations relating to the higher education in universities as
per the UGC Act 1956.UGC has enhanced the education quality and facilities in
different universities by providing grants to them for different activities.
Even it has formed many committees for regular evaluations and to get feedbacks
from the universities.
Note: if any dispute
or disagreement between the UGC and Central government ,the decision of the
central government will be final one as UGC is advisory in nature to the
central government.
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