ACADEMIC MATTERS
New regulatory authority to replace UGC soon
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:28.06.2018
The central government uploaded on Wednesday a draft law on replacing the higher education regulatory authority, University Grants Commission (UGC), with a new regulator and sought feedback from various stakeholders.
The proposed regulatory authority will be freed of funding activities and will focus solely on academic matters. Funding and grants will be dealt with directly by the ministry of human resource development. The new Bill is likely to be tabled during the monsoon session of Parliament.
The draft law, called the Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018 (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act), has been uploaded on the HRD ministry
website and will be available for comment and suggestion till 5 pm on July 7.
The proposed commission will have powers to enforce academic quality standards and to order the closure of sub-standard and bogus institutions. Non-compliance could result in fines or jail sentences, says the draft law. Currently, UGC releases the names of bogus institutions on its website to inform the public but cannot take any action.
“The chief executive and other members of management of such institution who do not comply with the penalty imposed by the commission shall be liable for prosecution as per procedure laid down under the Criminal Procedure Code and may be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend up to three years,” the draft says.
New regulatory authority to replace UGC soon
Manash.Gohain@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:28.06.2018
The central government uploaded on Wednesday a draft law on replacing the higher education regulatory authority, University Grants Commission (UGC), with a new regulator and sought feedback from various stakeholders.
The proposed regulatory authority will be freed of funding activities and will focus solely on academic matters. Funding and grants will be dealt with directly by the ministry of human resource development. The new Bill is likely to be tabled during the monsoon session of Parliament.
The draft law, called the Higher Education Commission of India Act, 2018 (Repeal of University Grants Commission Act), has been uploaded on the HRD ministry
website and will be available for comment and suggestion till 5 pm on July 7.
The proposed commission will have powers to enforce academic quality standards and to order the closure of sub-standard and bogus institutions. Non-compliance could result in fines or jail sentences, says the draft law. Currently, UGC releases the names of bogus institutions on its website to inform the public but cannot take any action.
“The chief executive and other members of management of such institution who do not comply with the penalty imposed by the commission shall be liable for prosecution as per procedure laid down under the Criminal Procedure Code and may be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend up to three years,” the draft says.
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