UGC Policy on Foreign Universities threat to Indian Democracy: DU Teacher’s body, Know details here

UGC Policy on Foreign Universities threat to Indian Democracy DU Teachers’ body – The UGC Policy on Foreign Universities threat to Indian Democracy, the DU Teachers’ body said that this movie is a threat for Indian Democracy.

The teacher’s body calls on students, teachers & parents to resist & oppose the step that will allow explicit profit-making in higher education. The foreign university will provide education that will become difficult for the majority of students.

UGC NET 2023 (University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test) will be held to determine the eligibility of the aspirants for the posts of “Assistant Professor & Junior Research Fellowship & Assistant Professor” at various universities across the country. It will be managed by the National Testing Agency/NTA.

Meanwhile, the UGC NET 2023 Examination Dates have been announced. Accordingly, the exams will be held from 13rd to 22nd June, 2023.

However, the authority will be conducting the UGC NET 2023 Application Process soon.

In a press statement, the DTF statement said that the UGC draft on foreign universities is peddling dreams at affordable costs. At present, public funding universities are lacking funds resulting in a slow but steady erosion of the quality of education.

“The increase in the cost of education will result in the exclusion of a large section of our society, especially the deprived which indicates empowerment through education. It will also result in a mismatch between the demand & availability of skilled workers” said the press statement.

DTF also emphasises how the government will not allow foreign universities to offer online courses recognising that they lack in quality. However, public universities are being ‘cynically’ pushed with online education to higher education. 

This will not increase poverty in education but also undermine teachers’ roles & rights in the teaching & learning process.

The DU democratic teachers front calls for UGC regulations on the academic bank of credits & national credit framework.

Both UGC’s ABC system & credit framework allows a student to pursue up to 50% of their course through online teaching. These initiatives lead up to 70% of the student’s course being digital. 

The government has further planned to start National Digital University (NDU) which will permit any courses fully online.