Periyar univ’s PhD criteria sparks row
TNN | Feb 4, 2025, 03.59 AM IST
Salem: The eligibility criterion announced by the Periyar University for admission to doctoral degrees has sparked a controversy.
The university has mandated four-year bachelor's degree, in accordance with the 2020 new education policy (NEP), to seek admission for PhD in the university.
However, in Tamil Nadu, the eligibility criterion is a postgraduate degree.
Founder of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam 'Kolathur' Mani viewed this change in the university’s announcement as a subtle implementation of the Union govt’s NEP.
District secretary of the Students Federation of India S Pavithran said the state govt is yet to accept the Union govt’s NEP. “It is an attempt to indirectly impose the Union government's NEP,” he added.
However, vice-chancellor R Jaganathan refuted these claims, stating that the guidelines clearly specify that candidates must possess a postgraduate degree. He said, "To distinguish between professional undergraduate degrees such as agriculture and engineering and those in arts and sciences, we have included provisions for candidates with four-year degrees in arts and sciences.” The VC acknowledged that this detail was unintentionally overlooked during the guideline formulation.
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