UP Minister directs to curb illegal coaching practice

Lucknow, June 7 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Rakesh Dhar Tripathi today directed Vice-Chancellors of various universities to curb illegal coaching practices and unauthorised study centers run by the varsity staff.

In the second and final day of his meeting with state VCs in Yojna Bhawan, Mr Tripathi said the practice is against the University norms and VCs ought to check it.

Mr Tripathi took serious not of complaints made by some VCs that files are kept pending for long in the secretariat, which frustrates University efforts to cope with difficulties.

He ordered to identify such officers, who sit over files and take strict action against the accused.

He directed the VCs to enforce strict discipline in the campus and check the practice of ragging, which had drawn attention of the Supreme Court and Government of India.

''Ragging has taken an ugly turn and students, especially freshers are uselessly terrorised,'' the minister noted.

He further asked all the universities in the state to upgrade the standard of education in the state by providing all facilities to the students and the faculty members.

Addressing the function, Mr Tripathi said the seats in all the universities have been increased.

''The universities should ensure 75 per cent attendence of the students as well as of the teaching staff while results of the examinations should be declared in time,'' he said.

Calling upon the VCs to maintain uniform fee structure, he said it was found that fee structure varies in every university resulting in difficulties for the students. ''There is also need for starting employment oriented courses for the students while cultural exchange programmes should be mooted among the universities,'' he added.

VCs of all the 12 state universities -- Lucknow University, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gorakhpur University, Choudhury Charan Singh University, Meerut, Rajrishi Tandon Open University, Allahabad, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Faizabad, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, Veer Bahadur Singh Poorwanchal University, Jaunpur, Budelkhand University, Jhansi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Ruhelkhand University, Bareilly, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapeeth, Varanasi and Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur -- participated in the meet.

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