‘Don’t keep original docus of dropouts’
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com 22.04.2018
New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has asked all technical institutions not to retain original certificates of students if they discontinue with their courses. The Council has also warned that violations of the directive could lead to punitive action which includes suspension of approval, a fine of five times of thetotalfeecollected andeven reduction of approvedintake.
The ministry of human resource development and AICTEhas received a number of complaints againstinstitutions for refusing to return the original certificates and demanding payment of fees for subsequent years even if the candidate wants to change his college, having qualified elsewhere. Around this time of the year, many first andsecond year students opt to change their courses or shift to colleges of their choice.
The council earlier this month issued a notice to all the technical institutions as well as to individual institutions against whom complaints were received of retaining originalcertificatesof students. Ordering strict compliance, the April 6 circular said that that it would not be permissible for institutes to retain original certificates and demand fee for the subsequent yearsfrom thestudents whocanceltheir admission at any pointtotime.
Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE, said “Thecircular hasbeen issued to all technical institutionsunder AICTE,” hesaid.
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com 22.04.2018
New Delhi: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has asked all technical institutions not to retain original certificates of students if they discontinue with their courses. The Council has also warned that violations of the directive could lead to punitive action which includes suspension of approval, a fine of five times of thetotalfeecollected andeven reduction of approvedintake.
The ministry of human resource development and AICTEhas received a number of complaints againstinstitutions for refusing to return the original certificates and demanding payment of fees for subsequent years even if the candidate wants to change his college, having qualified elsewhere. Around this time of the year, many first andsecond year students opt to change their courses or shift to colleges of their choice.
The council earlier this month issued a notice to all the technical institutions as well as to individual institutions against whom complaints were received of retaining originalcertificatesof students. Ordering strict compliance, the April 6 circular said that that it would not be permissible for institutes to retain original certificates and demand fee for the subsequent yearsfrom thestudents whocanceltheir admission at any pointtotime.
Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE, said “Thecircular hasbeen issued to all technical institutionsunder AICTE,” hesaid.
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