The University Grants Commission (UGC) has alerted students to the risks of admission to 29 private universities.
These 29 universities do not have Vice-Chancellors. If admitted to these universities, students may face various complications, according to media reports.
There are 114 private universities in the country. There are allegations of irregularities against many universities. Of these, 29 private universities do not have vice-chancellors appointed by the President.
These universities are not complying with UGC’s repeated instructions. Earlier, the government has closed some of these universities, some others have their ownership disputed in court, some do not have approved campus while another simply does not have permission to run educational operations.
Neither the education ministry nor the UGC will take responsibilities if any student gets admission to any unapproved private university.
All admission-seekers must choose the institutions that are authorised by the UGC.
Therefore, the students should enrol only at approved campus, programme or course of the private universities.
Many private universities have failed to transfer their activities to permanent campuses within the timeframe. Therefore, they have been asked to fully stop student enrollment for failure to shift activities to permanent campuses and not taking any visible initiative to build permanent campuses.
Students should enrol only
at approved campus, programme
or course of the private universities
If the universities fail to comply with the UGC directives within the stipulated time, the student admission to the institutions will remain halted and temporary campuses of the universities will be declared illegal.
As per the ‘Private University Act-2010’, there is an obligation to transfer all kinds of activities to a permanent campus within 12 years of its establishment. Many of the country’s private universities are entangled in various irregularities and internal conflicts, and involved in an alleged certificate business.
They are also running a number of academic programmes without permission from the UGC. Some of these universities have scant regard for government rules and are being run as per the whims of their authorities by flouting the Private University Act, 2010.
The government has failed to devise a monitoring mechanism to prevent the violation of the law, although the number of private universities is increasing in the country.
There are also allegations that the education ministry and the UGC cannot take action against the irregularities as the owners of the private universities are influential persons.
Therefore, the students should get enrolled after checking all information of universities through visiting the UGC website.
