Higher Education Minister R. Bindu has said Kerala University is bound by its responsibility to rectify the shortcomings flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its performance audit that covered the period 2016-21.
“It is up to the university to provide substantial clarification on the deficiencies that have been highlighted. Such flaws are bound to crop up during close scrutiny by an audit agency such as the CAG into the functioning of any institution,” she said, while addressing a press conference here on Thursday.
Referring to the CAG finding that the university violated University Grants Commission (UGC) norms by appointing more than 10% of the teaching faculty on contract basis, the Minister said the practice is prevalent in universities and colleges across the country.
