Future of the students of the closed deemed universities will not be affected: Kapil Sibal
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, January 19, 2010
Kapil Sibal in Social Editors' Conference
A day after informing the Supreme Court of its decision to shut 44 deemed universities the Central Government on Tuesday tried to allay the apprehension of the students of these institutions who are faced with uncertainty.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal made it clear that not a single student of any failed deemed university would be affected.
"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 in New Delhi.
Kapil Sibal was responding to a question as to what would happen to the future of the students of 44 deemed universities that have been recommended for being stripped of their status of deemed to be universities.
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.
Sibal said not a single deemed university has been derecognized 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.
