Whose work is it anyway? Copy & Paste (“Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V”)
The new guidelines of the University Commission (UGC) for plagiarism, resource ministry approved last month, aim to put an end to this epidemic —at least at the highest levels of education.
The guidelines specify four levels of plagiarism: up to 10 per cent; between 10 and 40 per cent; between 40 and 60 per cent; and above 60 per cent. Students defaulting under the first category will invite no punishment; for an offence under the second, students will be asked to submit revised research paper within six months; plagiarism in the 40 to 60 per cent range will see students being debarred from submitting revised paper for a year; and anything above 60 per cent will lead to the cancellation of a student´s registration.
As for teachers, those guilty can get suspended, or may even lose their jobs.
These new rules are, however, only applicable to MPhil and PhD students.
Belated —and somewhat limited —these may be, but the new guidelines have the potential to act as a deterrent for students who have for years been unfairly reaping the benefits of the “Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V” (copy paste) method of research.
Source | Business Standard Weekend (Print) | Page No 7 | 1st September 2018
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