All colleges will have to follow the uniform syllabus, irrespective of their autonomous status, Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy reiterated on Wednesday after a meeting with the heads of autonomous institutions.
A memorandum that the autonomous colleges submitted to the Minister argued that imposing a common syllabus went against the regulations of the University Grants Commission in respect of autonomy. This would severely hamper the performance and standards of education imparted by the autonomous institutions, they said.
