New Delhi: About two lakh students of 44
deemed universities, which face the prospect of derecognition,
were today assured by the government that they would all get
degrees.
The government, which accepted the findings of an expert
committee on the functioning of deemed universities and
submitted them to the Supreme Court yesterday, has left it to
the court to take a decision on the issue.
"Not a single child, not a single student will be
adversely affected. Students of that university will get a
university degree," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said addressing
the Social Editors Conference here.
He was replying to a question as to what would happen to
the future of students studying in 44 deemed universities
that have been recommended for being stripped of the status by
the expert committee.
Nearly two lakh students are pursuing higher studies in
these 44 institutions in 13 states which have been recommended
for non-continuation of the deemed status as neither on past
performance nor on their promise for the future have the
attributes to retain the deemed status.
"We are restructuring the higher education sector.
Hopefully, the deemed university concept will go," he said
adding not not a single deemed university has been
derecognised so far.
"The Government has accepted the findings of the expert
committee and submitted its findings to the Supreme Court
which will decide the course of action to be taken," he
said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 17:45