Annamalai varsity gets HC reprieve
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, June 26, 2018 00:00 IST
The Madras High Court on Monday paved the way for Annamalai University to continue to offer open and distance learning programmes by staying the operation of a regulation of the University Grants Commission. The stay was granted for six weeks, by when the UGC was asked to respond to a writ petition by the university.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P.T. Asha passed the interim order after prima facie satisfying itself with the submission of Advocate General Vijay Narayan that the university had been offering distance learning courses since 1979 and could not stop them all of a sudden.
The UGC came up with a new set of regulations in 2017 for offering open and distance learning programmes. The regulations were amended on February 6 this year and a new requirement was introduced, making it mandatory for every university to have scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.26 out of 4 in the NAAC assessment.
The university made a representation seeking exemption from the requirement, but its plea was rejected by the UGC, and hence the present petition.
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI, June 26, 2018 00:00 IST
The Madras High Court on Monday paved the way for Annamalai University to continue to offer open and distance learning programmes by staying the operation of a regulation of the University Grants Commission. The stay was granted for six weeks, by when the UGC was asked to respond to a writ petition by the university.
The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P.T. Asha passed the interim order after prima facie satisfying itself with the submission of Advocate General Vijay Narayan that the university had been offering distance learning courses since 1979 and could not stop them all of a sudden.
The UGC came up with a new set of regulations in 2017 for offering open and distance learning programmes. The regulations were amended on February 6 this year and a new requirement was introduced, making it mandatory for every university to have scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.26 out of 4 in the NAAC assessment.
The university made a representation seeking exemption from the requirement, but its plea was rejected by the UGC, and hence the present petition.
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