The UGC (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2022, will replace the 2018 regulations.
UGC to allow affiliated colleges to directly approach for autonomy: Reports
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has given nod to the revised guidelines to grant autonomy to affiliated and constituent colleges. With this, the affiliated and constituent colleges will be able to directly approach the commission seeking academic and administrative independence anytime during the year, the officials said.
The UGC (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2022, will replace the 2018 regulations. The draft of the revised regulations was approved during the commission’s meeting held on September 22, the Hindustan Times reported.
On September 1, the Hindustan Times reported that the regulator is working on revised rules to grant autonomy to colleges. "Eligible colleges will now be able to submit applications on the UGC portal anytime during the year, according to the regulations."
“The parent (affiliated) university will examine the application of the college for autonomous status on UGC portal and give its recommendations along with reasons/justification, within 30 days on UGC portal,” the draft regulations said.
“If the University does not respond on the UGC portal within 30 days, it shall be presumed that the University has no objection.”
Under the 2018 regulations, colleges were supposed to submit the proposal to the parent university, which were to forward it to the commission within 30 days of receipt. The eligibility criteria however has not been changed. The applicant colleges, whether aided, partially aided, unaided or self-financing, must have at least 10 years of existence, and be accredited either by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a minimum A grade (with a score of 3.0 and above on a 4-point scale) or by the National Board of Accreditation for at least three programmes, with a minimum score of 675.
"The regulations have been revised with help from an expert committee to align them with the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020," UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said.
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