New Delhi:
The College Grants Fee (UGC) has launched a notification for these overseas universities that arrange their campuses in India or collaborate with greater instructional establishments (HEIs) within the nation with out following correct procedures. The UGC famous that any such collaboration or association is not going to be recognised by it.
In an official notification, the fee mentioned, “UGC has observed and has been informed that many HEls/colleges have entered into collaborative agreements/arrangements with foreign-based educational institutions/providers not recognised by the Commission and have been facilitating the issuance of degrees to the students enrolled in those institutions/college from such foreign-based educational institutions/educational providers.”
Any such collaboration/association will not be recognised by the College Grants Fee and accordingly the levels issued subsequent to such collaboration association are additionally not recognised by the fee, the notification added.
As per the rules, overseas greater instructional establishments are required to have a previous approval of the UGC earlier than establishing campus in India. No overseas greater instructional establishment can supply any programme in India with out the permission of the fee.
The rules additionally mandate that the upper instructional establishments mustn’t supply programmes beneath any franchise association and that such programmes is not going to be recognised by the UGC.
Highlighting the ‘unrecognised levels’ which are provided by collaborative efforts of EdTech firms and overseas universities, the fee famous, “It has also come to the notice of UGC that some EdTech companies are giving advertisements in newspapers social media television etc offering degree and diploma programmes in online modes in association with some foreign universities/institutions. Such a franchisee arrangement is not permissible and any such programme/degree shall not have UGC recognition.”
The fee mandated that it’ll take motion in opposition to all of the defaulting EdTech firms in addition to the HEls beneath relevant legal guidelines/guidelines/rules.