SUPREME COURT GIVES MAJOR BLOW TO DEEMED UNIVERSITIES NO ADMISSION WITHOUT AICTE APPROVAL:

SUPREME COURT NEW DELHI::

☛ In a vital development, the Supreme Court has given a severe blow to the Deemed Universities and passed a restraining order staying admission in Deemed Universities without prior approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

☛ On 23.03.2018, bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel, R F Nariman and U U Lalit issued notice on the Transfer Petition and passed its order. In the meanwhile, there will stay on admissions without the approval of the AICTE.

☛ “The order passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court will have its impact across all states in view of the interim stay on admissions, requiring all deemed and deemed-to-be universities to seek approval of AICTE,” said Ravi Bhardwaj, senior educationist.

☛In view of this order only those universities, which had been established by a Central, or a State law can be called a university and no institution, which has been recognised as a deemed university can use the word ‘university’.

☛ AICTE Act excludes Deemed Universities from its purview and hence carrying out a legislative amendment, AICTE had no authority to bring the Deemed Universities under its control.

AICTE APPROVAL PROCESS HANDBOOK:

☛ The Handbook is a Legal Document as per All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987) and Section (4.11) of Gazette Policy Regulation No. F.No: AB/ AICTE/ REG/ 2016 of AICTE dated November 30, 2016 Notified on November 30, 2016 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-III, Section-4 and amended on December 5, 2017.

☛ F. No.: AICTE/P&AP/PGDM/2017 dated December 14, 2017 All India Council for Technical Education (Norms and Standards for the Conduct of Post Graduate Diploma in Management) Regulations, 2017 Notified on December 14, 2017. Regulations for Vocational Education Notified on December 05, 2012 and All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approval for conducting Vocational Education Program, Community College Course(s) and Skill Knowledge Provider under National Skill Qualification Framework) Regulations, 2014 Notified on February 03, 2016.

☛ The universities who got approval from AICTE can visit the web portal for further details www.aicte- india.org

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