UGC to issue a notification on Refund of Fees and Non Retention
of original certificates by Institutions: A step towards facilitating students
in their admission
The Union Minister for HRD Shri Prakash Javadekar held a press
conference in New Delhi today. While interacting with media Shri Javadekar
informed that UGC will issue a Notification on refund of fees and non retention
of original certificates by institutions to facilitate students in their
admission.
He further said that the students of our country were facing
several problems during admissions, due to coercive and profiteering
institutional practices being adopted by some institutions. For the facilitation
of the students, the University Grants Commission Notification on
Refund of Fees and Non Retention of Original Certificates is being
brought out. Now no student will be required to submit any original academic
and personal certificates at the time of submission of admission form and
Students’ will get refund of fee from the Institution if they withdraw their
admission from the programme. This notification shall be applicable to Under
Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes run by Universities included
under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, all Colleges under their affiliating domain
and Institutions declared as Deemed to be Universities under Section 3 of the
UGC Act.
Salient features of the Notification are as
below-
This Notification will aid the students seeking
admission to Higher Educational Institutions in the following manner:
- The
HEIs can charge fees in advance only for the semester/ year in
which a student wants to engage in academic activities. Collecting
advance fees for the entire programme of study is strictly prohibited.
- The
institute will be required to refund the fees, in case a
student withdraws from the programme, in the following manner:
I.
100%: in case a student decides to withdraw 15 days or
more before the formally notified last date of admission. Not
more than 5% of the fees paid by the student, subject to a maximum
of Rs. 5000, will be deducted as processing charges.
II.
90%: in case a student decides to withdraw within 15
days before the formally notified last date of admission.
III.
80%: in case a student decides to withdraw within 15
days after the formally notified last date of admission.
IV.
50%: in case a student decides to withdraw between 16
days and 30 days after the formally notified last date of admission.
V.
NIL: in case a student decides to withdraw after 30
days of the formally notified last date of admission.
VI.
The entire caution money and security deposit, which
are not part of the fees chargeable, shall be refunded in full.
VII.
Refund of fees shall be made by the HEIs within 15 days of
receipt of a written application from a student.
No student will be
required to submit any original academic and personal certificates like marksheets,
school leaving certificates, etc., at the time of submission of
admission form. In case required, the institution concerned will only
ensure verification of the same with the original certificates and these
certificates shall be returned to the students immediately.No
institution can take any original certificate into their custody.
- No
HEI can
make it mandatory for applicants to purchase the institutional
prospectus at any time during the course of the time of study.
- All
HEIs will
be required to disclose on their website and prospectus the
information regarding the status of the institutions, its affiliating,
accreditation status, physical assets and amenities, course-wise
sanctioned intake of students, various types of fees payable for
different programmes, total fees payable for an entire programme, last
date of admission, details of faculty, members of Governing Bodies and
minutes of the meeting of bodies, sources of income, financial situation
and any other information about its functioning, necessary for an
applicant to make a fully informed choice.
- All
HEIs will be mandatorily required to have a Grievance Redressal
Mechanism (GRM), according to the provisions of the UGC
(Grievance Redressal) Regulations, 2012. This GRM shall be available
on HEI websiteand the HEIs will be required to ensure that all
grievance received are addressed within 30 days.
- This
notification provides for initiation of strict punitive actions by
the Commission against defaulting HEIs:
a.
Withdrawal of declaration of fitness to receive grants from UGC.
b.
Withholding of grants allocated to the HEI.
c.
Declaration of HEI as ineligible to receive any
assistance from UGC for General or Special Programmes.
d.
Display of notice in newspapers & media and on the website
of the Commission regarding non compliance by the HEI to ensure that the
general public, including candidates seeking admission in that HEI are well
informed.
e.
Recommending to the affiliating university for
withdrawal of affiliation, in case of a College/ Institute.
f.
Recommending to the Central Government for withdrawal of
Deemed to be University declaration, in case of an Institution Deemed to be
University.
g.
Recommending to the appropriate State Government for
appropriate necessary action in case of University established or incorporated
under a State Act.
Regards!
Librarian
Rizvi Institute of Management
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