New Delhi, November 04: The Supreme Court hit out at the University Grants Commission over commercialisation of education and restrained all deemed universities across the country from continuing any distance learning courses from the 2018-19 without prior approval of the regulatory authorities.
The top court restrained all deemed universities to carry on any courses in distance education mode from the Academic Session 2018-2019 onwards unless and until it is permissible to conduct such courses in distance education mode degrees in engineering obtained by serving diploma holders through distance learning mode & termed such degrees to be invalid .
The court directed a CBI inquiry into the conduct of UGC officials who had granted ex-post facto approvals to the four deemed universities against the policy and into the conduct of these institutions which had abused their position to advance their commercial interests.
The apex court directed that degrees of students who have pursued engineering in academic session 2001-05 from four deemed universities as JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education , Rajasthan, Allahabad Agricultural Institute and Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Tamil Nadu, will remain suspended.
The Court directed the AICTE to hold tests for students whose degrees would stand suspended by January 15, 2018. These students will be given more two chances to clear the examination and if they fail to do so, their degrees will stand cancelled.
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