The University Grants Commission (UGC) has published the draft guidelines on recognition of colleges. The higher education regulatory authority has sought comments from the public on the new guidelines named the “UGC (Recognition of Colleges under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act) Regulations, 2023”.
The proposed guidelines will be applicable to colleges as defined under the UGC Act. The draft guidelines sets conditions for UGC recognition of a college and says that it should be affiliated to a university in accordance with the provisions of UGC (Affiliation of Colleges by Universities) Regulations. The college should comply with all the provisions of the UGC Act and Rules and should offer programmes of study leading to the award of degrees or diplomas of not less than one academic year and for which the minimum qualification for admission is a Bachelor’s degree.
For recognition, a college should furnish documents related to year of establishment, affiliation certificate issued by the university and approval of the statutory/regulatory body with an undertaking that the college complies with all the provisions of the UGC Act. An official communication about the All India Higher Education Survey code issued by the Ministry of Education should also be provided to the UGC.
