UGC to take action if States cancel exams: Govt.
12/07/2020
As Delhi became the latest State to cancel final year university examinations in defiance of University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, both the Centre and the regulatory agency reiterated that guidelines were legally binding on the States and must be followed.
“As per the UGC Act, State governments cannot take this decision. Unlike school education, which is on the State list, higher education is on the concurrent list. UGC and AICTE [All India Council for Technical Education] directives have to be implemented. It is there in the Act,” Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare told The Hindu. “It is not permissible for States to do like this. UGC does have the power to take action. First we will try to take States on board.”
On Monday, the UGC had directed that final year examinations must be conducted by September-end in online or offline mode.
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