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Imphal, Aug 2 : P Vaiphei , Commissioner Education has advised students not to take admission in unapproved educational institutes. He said in a press statment that ,”The issues relating to some Private Universities and Study Centres claiming to be learning centres of Private Universities and some advertisements thereof have been under examination by the Dept. of Higher Education for sometime of late and after due consideration of the genuineness/non-genuineness and legality/illegality of such centres of learning, the Dept. had issued an Order vide No. 3/3-567/89-EDC (Pt.l) dt. 21st June, 2013 that, amongst others, had drawn the attention of all College Lecturers/Teachers to the fact that the Acts authorizing setting up of Private / State Universities passed by State Legislative Assemblies are valid within the territorial boundaries of the concerned State only and any Research / higher study can be undertaken by their Study-Centres opened outside the State where such Private / State Universities are set-up are illegal and not acceptable.
Therefore, all applicants including serving Assistant/Associate Professors, etc. of all Colleges of Manipur are hereby informed to exercise due caution to ensure that they do not undertake higher study / pursuit of M.Phl/Ph.D degrees through such illegal Study Centres or Private/State Universities operating outside the limits of the territorial boundaries of the State that authorize them to be set up.
This caution is issued in public interest in general and in the particular interest of the students & teaching communities of Manipur in particular to prevent them from unnecessary trouble, waste of time, money & energy and embarrassment on being caught later on.
For the benefit of all the students & teaching faculties in particular and the people of the State of Manipur, it is hereby informed to the general public and all concerned that University Grants Commission (UGC) vide its Public Notice No. F.27-1/2012(CPP-II) dated 27th June, 2013 that “the Commission has come across many advertisements published in National Dailies offering opportunities for the award of university degrees through various franchise programmes conducted by certain Private Institutions.
These private establishments claiming themselves as Study Centres or learning centres of different Universities enroll students for various degree programmes and also claim to be responsible for teaching and conduct of examinations. The faculty and the infrastructure belong to these private agencies. The concerned Universities except providing syllabus and teaching materials, has no mechanism to monitor and maintain the academic standards of teaching being imparted at these centres.
The blatant compromise with the standards of education has led to widespread criticism. The Commission has taken a serious view of these misleading advertisements appearing in various newspapers.”
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has, “therefore, clarified for the information of all concerned, including students and parents that:
a) A Central or State University can conduct courses through its own departments, its constituent colleges and/or through its affiliated Colleges;
b) A University established or incorporated by or under a State Act shall operate only within the territorial jurisdiction allotted to it under its Act and in no case beyond the territory of the State of its location;
c) The private Universities and deemed Universities cannot affiliate any College or institution for conducting courses leading to award of its diplomas, degrees or other qualifications.
d) No University, whether Central, State, private or deemed, can offer its programmes through franchising arrangement with private coaching institutions even for the purpose of conducting courses through distance mode.
e) All Universities shall award only such degrees as are specified by the UGC and published in the official gazette.
f) Universities should conduct first degree and Master’s degree in accordance with the regulations. Details are available in UGC website.
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