NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (NNN-UNI) – India’s University Grants Commission (UGC) declared, as many as 24 universities as fake, said an official.
The UGC said that these “self-styled” unrecognised institutions are not empowered to confer any degrees to the students.
A maximum of eight institutions were declared as fake in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, followed by seven in Delhi, two each in eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha, and one each in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.
“Students and public at large are hereby informed that presently 24 self-styled, unrecognised institutions are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, which have been declared as fake universities and they are not empowered to confer any degree,” said the UGC.
In India, the UGC has the unique distinction of being the only grant-giving agency, which has been vested with two responsibilities – of providing funds to the universities, and of coordination, determination and maintenance of standards in institutions.
The UGC’s mandate includes promoting and coordinating university education, determining and maintaining standards of teaching, examination and research in universities, framing regulations on minimum standards of education, monitoring developments in the field of collegiate and university education; disbursing grants to the universities and colleges.
The commission also serves as a vital link between the central government and the state governments and institutions of higher learning. It advises the central and state governments on the measures necessary for improvement of university education.– NNN-UNI
