NEW DELHI:
Four years after University Grants Commission amended its regulation allowing
open universities to conduct MPhil/PhD programmes, the HRD ministry has asked
the regulator to notify it. In the absence of any notification, the amendment
has not been put in operation.
The ministry's action comes in the wake of Indira Gandhi National Open University having already amended its ordinance. IGNOU has sought the Visitor's approval for its amendment but the HRD ministry cannot forward it till UGC notifies the changes in regulations. "The IGNOU ordinance fulfills all the stipulations made in the UGC regulations," a senior IGNOU official said, adding that because of the delay, no admissions could be made MPhil/PhD in January and July sessions.
Ministry sources said there are other open universities that could benefit if UGC notifies its regulation. "There is a need to bolster research in the country," the IGNOU official said. Prof Satyakam, PhD coordinator for Hindi at IGNOU, said PhD of IGNOU can be compared with the best in India and abroad.
In July 2011, UGC in its 479th meeting had amended its UGC (minimum standards for award of MPhil/PhD) Regulations, 2009. It was decided that an open University may be permitted to conduct MPhil/PhD programmes through distance education, subject to the condition that it does so strictly as per the provisions of the regulations.
It also said the 11-point criteria laid down by the standing committee on MPhil/PhD regulations, 2009 may be uploaded on UGC website and circulated to all institutions of higher education for information and further action. UGC had also stipulated that for undertaking PhD under distance education mode, the principal guide should be from within the open university and a joint guide, wherever necessary, may be from outside the university.
However, it stipulated that a teacher should not have more than two candidates under his supervision as a joint guide.
The ministry's action comes in the wake of Indira Gandhi National Open University having already amended its ordinance. IGNOU has sought the Visitor's approval for its amendment but the HRD ministry cannot forward it till UGC notifies the changes in regulations. "The IGNOU ordinance fulfills all the stipulations made in the UGC regulations," a senior IGNOU official said, adding that because of the delay, no admissions could be made MPhil/PhD in January and July sessions.
Ministry sources said there are other open universities that could benefit if UGC notifies its regulation. "There is a need to bolster research in the country," the IGNOU official said. Prof Satyakam, PhD coordinator for Hindi at IGNOU, said PhD of IGNOU can be compared with the best in India and abroad.
In July 2011, UGC in its 479th meeting had amended its UGC (minimum standards for award of MPhil/PhD) Regulations, 2009. It was decided that an open University may be permitted to conduct MPhil/PhD programmes through distance education, subject to the condition that it does so strictly as per the provisions of the regulations.
It also said the 11-point criteria laid down by the standing committee on MPhil/PhD regulations, 2009 may be uploaded on UGC website and circulated to all institutions of higher education for information and further action. UGC had also stipulated that for undertaking PhD under distance education mode, the principal guide should be from within the open university and a joint guide, wherever necessary, may be from outside the university.
However, it stipulated that a teacher should not have more than two candidates under his supervision as a joint guide.
Source | Times of India | 12 June 2015
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