Injecting caste into the campus
Before diving into the raging UGC controversy gripping the nation, I would like to share a personal note as a teacher-one that I often repeat to my students.
Before diving into the raging UGC controversy gripping the nation, I would like to share a personal note as a teacher-one that I often repeat to my students.
The suspended City Magistrate of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, who recently made headlines after resigning from his post, met Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati at Vidya Math in Kedar Ghat on Sunday evening.
“The government is committed to ensuring justice for all,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told media persons on a question regarding the regulation.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the operation of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, and said that certain political groups were indulging in 'dirty politics' over the issue.
The University Grants Commission’s Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026 marks a decisive shift in how caste -based discrimination on campuses is addressed.
According to the draft norms announced, foreign universities can set up their campuses in India, decide their admission process, and fee structure.
UGC Chairman and veteran academician, Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar, on Friday while discussing a vista of issues including the New Education Policy and on plans to enable overseas varsities set up campuses in the country, said that the newly introduced dual degrees will make global education affordable for Indian students.
The UGC had constituted five zonal committees by splitting the universities of the country into five zones to implement the National Education Policy.
Such politically active teachers and employees are seldom able to attend their respective workplaces, let alone perform their duties relating to teaching, research and extension effectively.
The way in which some vice-chancellors are removed has the appearance of arbitrariness. Certainly, there is a need for laying down a procedure broadly on the lines of that provided for removal of holders of constitutional functionaries such as judges of high courts and members of Public Service Commissions.
