[Marxistindia] Withdraw UGC Draft Regulations

[news from the cpi(m)]

January 8, 2025

 

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Withdraw UGC Draft Regulations

 

The Draft University Grants Commission Regulations 2025 contains a
provision, which is a direct assault on the rights of states on the question
of selecting Vice Chancellors in state-run universities.  The guideline
gives the Governor-cum-Chancellor the power to appoint the three-member
Selection Committee in which the Chancellor's nominee will also be the
Chairperson.  This is happening in the background of Governors acting
arbitrarily in appointing Vice Chancellors in some opposition-ruled states.

 

The state government will have no say in who is being appointed in the
Selection Committee.  At one stroke, through these guidelines, the Centre
can appoint Vice Chancellors of its choice in all state-run universities
through the Governors-cum-Chancellors.

 

These draft regulations violate the Constitutional position, wherein
education is a concurrent subject.  All democratic sections, including the
non-BJP state governments, should unitedly oppose this dangerous provision.
It should be withdrawn. 

 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

 

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