ABVP wants Gujarat to set up body to regulate pvt varsities
ABVP noted that Gujarat has 65 private universities, with 28 alone coming up in the past five years.
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"Rules applicable to government education institutes during admission process like intake of students, time limit and transparency are not applicable to private universities,” the ABVP stated in its resolution (Representative image)To regulate private universities and improve the quality of education, the ABVP urged the state government to set up the Gujarat Private University Regulatory Board.
This was among the three resolutions passed at the 56th Regional Conference of ABVP that concluded Friday where the students’ body highlighted the plight of education institutes that have now “become centres of financial gains instead of abodes of learning”.
ABVP noted that Gujarat has 65 private universities, with 28 alone coming up in the past five years. “But it is clearly seen that all these private universities are running in violation of academic norms. Rules applicable to government education institutes during admission process like intake of students, time limit and transparency are not applicable to private universities,” the ABVP stated in its resolution.
The students’ body also raised the exorbitant fee structure at private universities. While the structure of academic fees is fixed in state universities, fees are high even for general courses at private universities, it stated. “Some private universities impose additional charges like placement fee, lab maintenance fee, extra charges on students in the name of extracurricular activities that are not regulated by Fee Regulatory Committee.
A prescribed fee structure…is essential to ensure the protection of student welfare in the state and to ensure that accessible education reaches all sections of the society,” the resolution demanded. Further, it stated that some private universities are, in violation of University Grants Commission circulars, running ‘certificate courses’ and ‘distance learning’ with minimal educational facilities by charging huge fees.
It also highlighted the significance of conducting student body elections and demanded that the duration of the SHODH scholarship scheme for research scholars be increased from two to three years on the lines of UGC NET.
In another resolution, the ABVP highlighted the Vadodara Harni lake tragedy, the Jhulto Pul collapse in Morbi, the Rajkot fire accident, and the Khyati hospital case, along with sexual harassment incidents against women in the state. It urged the government to curb such incidents in the future and demanded prompt punishment for the culprits in these cases.
The third resolution stressed on the need to increase more government medical colleges and adopt strict measures to curb ragging in the state.
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