UGC invites suggestions, feedback on draft regarding mandatory disclosure for universities, HEI

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited suggestions, feedback and comments on the draft Minimum Mandatory Disclosure for Universities and higher education institutions.

The matter was taken up in the 572nd meeting of the UGC where the members decided to invite feedback. Stakeholders can submit their suggestions, comments and feedback on the email, feedbackcppii@gmail.com, by November 15, 2023.

The UGC said the draft represents the guidelines of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) that has put emphasis on transparent public disclosure and extensive use of technology by HEIS to ensure efficiency and transparency in their work.

Information required

As per the draft, every higher educational institutes have links for eleven categories in the website. These categories are ‘About us’, “Administration’, ‘Academics’, ‘Admissions and fees’, ‘Research’, ‘Student life’, ‘Details of omdudsperson’, ‘Campus harmony and wellbeing’, ‘Amuni’, ‘Information corner’, ‘Picture gallery’ and ‘Contact us’.

In the ‘About us’ section the institutes have to mention institutional development plan, annual reports, constituent units, affiliated colleges, off campus/off shore campus, accreditation and ranking among others. Under the administration category, these will have to give details regarding chancellor, vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor, registrar and other important officers of the university.

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Academics will contain the calendar of the session and various programmes. Admission and fee section should have entire information and links regarding the ongoing admission process, along with the prospectus.

“It is often noticed that the websites of several HEIs lack in providing basic minimum information or are not functional or are not up to date. This causes a lot of inconvenience and uncertainty to the stakeholders, particularly to the students. It is, thus, desirable that the universities/HEIs provide basic information and updated content on their websites for the benefit of the stakeholders,” the UGC said.