NEW DELHI: The Affiliation of Indian Universities (AIU) is peeved by the College Grants Fee (UGC) placing in public area the draft pointers for equivalence and recognition of levels obtained from overseas universities and for qualification obtained from colleges affiliated to overseas boards, a task that had been assigned to the Affiliation up till now.
After a particular basic physique assembly on Monday on the problem, during which over 400 heads of universities participated, AIU sought the intervention of Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and urged UGC to rethink its choice as switch of the accountability of equivalence could lead to “inaccurate evaluations… and challenges for college students”.
The Affiliation additionally mentioned it’s in battle with the gazette notification and never in consonance with the memorandum of affiliation of AIU and provisions of the UGC Act. The assembly unanimously resolved that AIU will proceed to do the equivalence and recognition of levels on behalf of all universities.
AIU is equal of the World Training Providers (WES) within the US and Canada and UK Nationwide Info Centre (UK ENIC) for Europe for recognition and analysis of worldwide {qualifications} and expertise.
In 1995, the federal government determined that “these overseas {qualifications} that are recognised/equated by AIU are handled as recognised for the aim of employment to posts and providers underneath the central authorities.”
In 2018, UGC notified its choice that “any overseas PhD diploma which is held equal by AIU may additionally be handled legitimate for exemption from NET for appointment as assistant professor in Indian universities and schools.”
In its November 15, 2021 notification, the training ministry acknowledged that AIU had been entrusted with “the accountability of granting equivalence to secondary/ senior secondary certificates” to handle the difficulties confronted by college students in respect of equivalence of certificates for admission to larger training establishments.
A senior ministry official mentioned as per the minutes of the assembly and AIU’s correspondence with the ministry, all of the 400 universities endorsed the governing council’s choice that “in view of the long-standing expertise of AIU of about 100 years within the work of equivalence of overseas {qualifications} with Indian universities … and within the curiosity of world college students, AIU will proceed to do it on behalf of all universities”.
The vice chancellor of a central college, who requested anonymity, mentioned the vast majority of universities stay of the view that the duty of diploma equivalence ought to stay with the AIU.
After a particular basic physique assembly on Monday on the problem, during which over 400 heads of universities participated, AIU sought the intervention of Union Training Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and urged UGC to rethink its choice as switch of the accountability of equivalence could lead to “inaccurate evaluations… and challenges for college students”.
The Affiliation additionally mentioned it’s in battle with the gazette notification and never in consonance with the memorandum of affiliation of AIU and provisions of the UGC Act. The assembly unanimously resolved that AIU will proceed to do the equivalence and recognition of levels on behalf of all universities.
AIU is equal of the World Training Providers (WES) within the US and Canada and UK Nationwide Info Centre (UK ENIC) for Europe for recognition and analysis of worldwide {qualifications} and expertise.
In 1995, the federal government determined that “these overseas {qualifications} that are recognised/equated by AIU are handled as recognised for the aim of employment to posts and providers underneath the central authorities.”
In 2018, UGC notified its choice that “any overseas PhD diploma which is held equal by AIU may additionally be handled legitimate for exemption from NET for appointment as assistant professor in Indian universities and schools.”
In its November 15, 2021 notification, the training ministry acknowledged that AIU had been entrusted with “the accountability of granting equivalence to secondary/ senior secondary certificates” to handle the difficulties confronted by college students in respect of equivalence of certificates for admission to larger training establishments.
A senior ministry official mentioned as per the minutes of the assembly and AIU’s correspondence with the ministry, all of the 400 universities endorsed the governing council’s choice that “in view of the long-standing expertise of AIU of about 100 years within the work of equivalence of overseas {qualifications} with Indian universities … and within the curiosity of world college students, AIU will proceed to do it on behalf of all universities”.
The vice chancellor of a central college, who requested anonymity, mentioned the vast majority of universities stay of the view that the duty of diploma equivalence ought to stay with the AIU.