The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned college students towards taking admission in distance studying programmes supplied by Periyar University in Tamil Nadu, stating the regulatory physique doesn’t recognise such programs supplied by the varsity.
The college was recognised for the interval from 2007-08 to 2014-15 and for 2019-20 for providing programmes by means of Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode.
The transfer comes after the fee seen that the college had allegedly violated the UGC (Open and Distance Learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations, 2020, in operating its distance training programmes.
“It has come to the notice of the commission through various communications received… that Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, is functioning without a full-time director, inadequate full-time faculty, inadequate non-teaching staff, has not yet established a centre and runs ODL programmes without prior approval of the UGC in gross violation of the conditions laid down under the UGC Act and its amendments from time to time,” Rajnish Jain, secretary, UGC stated.
“As per the recommendations of the Complaint Redressal Committee (CRC), the commission has decided that no application of the higher education institute shall be considered for 2022-23 and 2023-24. The complaints received and noticed violations shall be forwarded to the governor and the secretary, state government, for fact-finding and needful actions in the matter,” he added.
There was no quick response from the college on the difficulty.
“Taking admission in such programmes may jeopardise the career of the students in view of the absence of recognition of the programmes by the UGC,” Jain added
With enter from PTI.
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