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UGC checks 53 private varsities, finds only five 'in order'
Friday December 14, 2012 05:59:05 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Only five
of 53 private universities inspected by the University Grants
Commission (UGC) had been found to be in order, Human Resource
Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju said Friday.
Fifty-three of the total 145 private universities had been
inspected, the minister said while replying to supplementaries
during question hour in the Rajya Sabha.
"Fifty-three universities were inspected to see how many were
following UGC norms... five of these were found in order, and came
clear," Raju said.
"Once we get some complaint, we inspect the university. We give
them some time to rectify, but if even after that they do not
follow regulations, they are asked to close," he said.
The minister added that the UGC, which looks after all
non-technical education, had no power to shut down private
universities.
The UGC can only direct them to close courses against which
complaints have been received, he explained.
Raju added that the passage of two pending bills in parliament,
Educational Tribunal Bill and National Accreditation Regulatory
Authority (NARA) for Higher Educational Institutions Bill, would
help in further regulating private universities.
"I take this opportunity to urge the members to pass the bill for
setting up a education tribunal and another one for an
accreditation authority," Raju said.
The minister also accepted that there were weaknesses in the UGC
and the government was trying to strengthen it.
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