Thursday, July 30, 2015

Furnish Info Sought or Face Cut in Aid, UGC Warns Universities

COIMBATORE: Universities could lose up to 25 per cent of their annual grant-in-aid if they failed to provide the required information to the University Grants Commission (UGC), according to the new regulation ‘UGC Furnishing of Information by Universities - 2015’.

Every university has to furnish returns and information annually on or before the University Grants Commission-specified deadline. The required information includes updated copies of acts, statutes and ordinances, rules for grant-in-aid to affiliated colleges, rules and reports of inspection of colleges, rules of recognition or affiliation of colleges, and total number of colleges recognized or affiliated to the university.

In addition, the universities have to submit the minimum working days, the number of days of actual teaching, for admission tests a note on the minimum criteria along with admission policy, statistics of students admitted below minimum qualification, and residential facilities for students and staff.

The universities also have to submit annual accounts, total staff strength in different categories, courses offered at different levels, student strength at various levels, teacher-student ratio, results of examinations, and status of accreditation.

The annual information report should include the status of compliance with UGC regulations, status of off-campus centres, self-financing courses offered, teaching-non-teaching staff ratio, position of vacancies and innovation in academics, research and management.

Universities are also asked to submit report on adherence to norms and requirements or regulations of various professional councils, grants received from UGC or Central agencies, certificate on grants remaining to be used and programmes offered in collaboration with foreign universities.

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