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Latest News |
| 29th
January 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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CIC pulls up UGC on deemed varsities
New Delhi: In the wake of the deemed university controversy,
the Central Information Commission has slammed University
Grants Commission (UGC) for lack of transparency in information
on deemed universities.
Ruling that UGC appeared to act as if the RTI Act did
not apply to it, the information watchdog has awarded
a compensation of Rs 2,000 to an applicant and issued
a showcause notice to UGC for not responding within the
stipulated 30-day period.
An applicant, A N Prasad, had sought information on the
number of times the review committee had rejected applications
of colleges and universities for deemed status between
2005 and 2009 and copies of reports on the basis of which
the recognition could not be granted to a college or university
during the same period.
Information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi ruled that UGC
had no reasons for refusing the information . Gandhi said:
It is a very sad state of affairs that UGC appears to
be operating without any understanding of what is happening.
The commission has earlier also directed UGC to put up
various information under its Section 4 obligations. UGC
has failed to comply with these.
He added: UGC appears to be operating with no respect
for the rule of law and it is behaving as if the RTI Act
does not apply to it. The commission takes a dim view
of such behaviour and recommends the chairman to ensure
its officers are trained in the RTI Act.
NCTE portal for clarity:
In a move to ensure transparency and curb corruption in
the National Council for Teachers Education, the government
on Thursday launched a new portal that seeks to end manual
handling of matters relating to recognition of institutes.
The aspiring institutes will be able to submit their applications
online and track their progress on the website.
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