Students knock UGC door to retrieve docus
TNN | Feb 18, 2019, 12.02 AM IST
Hyderabad: With state universities not doing much about colleges retaining original documents of students over fee dues, many students are now approaching the University Grants Commission (UGC) to get their issues resolved. Making use of online redressal facility of the UGC, many students are lodging their complaints. “My college had collected original marksheets of Class 10 and Inter during admission and despite several requests, they have not returned it even after I discontinued my studies. Now, I have decided to write directly to the UGC to get my certificates back,” said Rajeshwar, who discontinued B Tech after the first year.
Another student Madhu K said, “I completed my engineering in 2018, but the college is refusing to return my certificates as they have not received the fee reimbursement amount from the government. They are asking me to either wait till college gets its fee dues or clear the dues to get the certificates.”
An online petition has also been started by Forum Against Corruption, demanding that colleges should not retain certificates of students. It has received more than 1,000 signatures till now.
Addressed to the chief justice of High Court of Judicature of Telangana, the petition described how educational institutions during admissions are making students sign a contract giving their consent to the institutions to withhold their original academic certificates in case they fail to clear fee dues. The petition further claimed that even those students who are eligible for fee reimbursement are made to sign such contracts to ensure that they are liable to pay in case the government fails to clear dues.
“Colleges are threatening students by taking their certificates which they earned by hard work and determination. This should stop immediately,” said Syed Sameer, one of the petitioners.
Meanwhile, officials from state-run universities claimed that this is an old practice, but even if the colleges are collecting certificates, they have no right to withhold certificates of dropout and fee reimbursement candidate.
Earlier, the UGC had warned varsities and colleges against retention of original documents of admitted students and made it clear that higher educational institutions will be penalised with withdrawal of affiliation, deemed status and barred from receiving any assistance from the UGC if they fail to follow the directive.
TNN | Feb 18, 2019, 12.02 AM IST
Hyderabad: With state universities not doing much about colleges retaining original documents of students over fee dues, many students are now approaching the University Grants Commission (UGC) to get their issues resolved. Making use of online redressal facility of the UGC, many students are lodging their complaints. “My college had collected original marksheets of Class 10 and Inter during admission and despite several requests, they have not returned it even after I discontinued my studies. Now, I have decided to write directly to the UGC to get my certificates back,” said Rajeshwar, who discontinued B Tech after the first year.
Another student Madhu K said, “I completed my engineering in 2018, but the college is refusing to return my certificates as they have not received the fee reimbursement amount from the government. They are asking me to either wait till college gets its fee dues or clear the dues to get the certificates.”
An online petition has also been started by Forum Against Corruption, demanding that colleges should not retain certificates of students. It has received more than 1,000 signatures till now.
Addressed to the chief justice of High Court of Judicature of Telangana, the petition described how educational institutions during admissions are making students sign a contract giving their consent to the institutions to withhold their original academic certificates in case they fail to clear fee dues. The petition further claimed that even those students who are eligible for fee reimbursement are made to sign such contracts to ensure that they are liable to pay in case the government fails to clear dues.
“Colleges are threatening students by taking their certificates which they earned by hard work and determination. This should stop immediately,” said Syed Sameer, one of the petitioners.
Meanwhile, officials from state-run universities claimed that this is an old practice, but even if the colleges are collecting certificates, they have no right to withhold certificates of dropout and fee reimbursement candidate.
Earlier, the UGC had warned varsities and colleges against retention of original documents of admitted students and made it clear that higher educational institutions will be penalised with withdrawal of affiliation, deemed status and barred from receiving any assistance from the UGC if they fail to follow the directive.
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