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Lakhs To Be Hit As 44 Universities Face Derecognition
By akanshaa, Section News
Govt cracks down on deemed univs but claims it has plan for students
Forty four educational institutions with close to two lakh students on their rolls are likely to lose their deemed to be universities status, but the government said it will protect the interests of students who may be affected. In an alarming report, a review committee constituted by the human resource development ( HRD) ministry found that only 38 of the 126 institutions it scrutinised could justify their continuation as deemed universities. The committee recommended revocation of the deemed university status granted to 44 institutions and a three year timeframe to 44 others to work on certain deficiencies to preserve theirs.
 Derecognised 44 Deemed Universities (Image From Indian Express) The list includes three governmentrun deemed universities Nava Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda in Bihar, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Youth Development at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and the National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology in New Delhi. On Monday, the HRD ministry informed the Supreme Court that it had accepted the review committee's recommendations. The interest of students, however, would be protected, the ministry claimed. It said it had constituted a task force to prepare a plan to safeguard the interests of students enrolled in these institutions. The task force report said defaulting institutions would have to seek affiliation from state universities to help students get degrees from the affiliating university. If an institution failed to get affiliation, the management would have to bear the entire cost of migration and rehabilitation of students, the ministry said in an affidavit before the court. The affidavit was filed in response to an order by the court directing the government to update it on the steps taken to preserve the quality of deemed universities. Source: Mail Today By Gyanant Singh LAKHS TO BE HIT AS 44 UNIVS FACE DERECOGNITION Click On "Full Story" For More....
Throughout, former HRD minister Arjun Singh's tenure there had been allegations of large scale corruption in the granting of deemed university status, with political heavyweights said to be backing most applications. It was also alleged that, in violation of all norms, using the " de novo" status reserved for only new institutions pursuing new branches of knowledge, deemed university status was being granted to all and sundry.
Over 85 of these institutes had come up in the last five years alone. Fingers were being pointed not just at the University Grants Commission ( UGC), which recommends grant of deemed university status, but also at the then HRD ministry. The review committee, which had invited the directors and/ or vice chancellors of all deemed universities for a presentation before it, found an undesirable management architecture with " families" rather than " professional academics" controlling the functioning of most institutions. Dr Upamanyu Basu, a director in the HRD ministry, said in the affidavit that the committee found the institutions had violated guidelines prescribing excellence in teaching and research and were engaged in thoughtless introduction of unrelated programmes and proliferation of degrees. With the exception of some governmentfunded institutions, the committee found few institutes could produce evidence of quality research, he said. Besides, the freedom and flexibility in matters of admission, intake capacity and fees was not being exercised responsibly. In some cases, the committee found that the intake was increased exponentially in relation to the qualified faculty strength and other academic infrastructure. The committee, which comprised Prof. P. N. Tandon, Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Prof. Anandakrishnan and Prof. Mrinal Miri, recommended revocation of the status for 44 institutions which were not only found lacking in past performance but also did not show any promise for the future, Basu said in the affidavit. The court, while hearing a 2006 Public Interest Litigation on deteriorating standards, had also directed the government to update it on the draft UGC regulations for grant of the status in future. On the fate of students, the ministry reiterated that it was determined to take appropriate steps for securing their future. Basu said there were 1,19,363 students at the undergraduate and post- graduate levels in the 44 universities which were likely to be derecognised. Apart from this, there were 2,124 students pursuing research programmes and about 74,808 pursuing distance education programmes. After proposing an ambitious plan on affiliation of such deemed universities with other state universities after revocation of the status, the HRD ministry admitted that it was not within its powers to issue any directions in this regard. " The decision with regard to according affiliation to and registering students enrolled in the 44 institutions with the relevant state university for examining and awarding of degrees and other qualifications after having assessed equivalence etc. comes under the purview of the respective state governments," Basu said.
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