Recently you might have come
across the news items ‘Arrest warrant against private varsity’s chief in
Meghalaya’ and ‘CID sleuths arrest CMJ varsity Deputy Registrar’. Many of us
might not have taken the news seriously. But I am sure a good number of
Professionals and Students from Nagaland might have been shattered by the news. The private university in
the state capital of Meghalaya hit media headlines after the Governor of Meghalaya,
who is also the visitor of the university, exposed alleged irregularities in
its functioning. Non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued against the
University’s Chancellor and many of its senior officers under penal provisions
for forgery, cheating etc and all of them have allegedly gone in to hiding
after the anticipatory bail plea of some of them was rejected.
The university
has created a record of sorts by awarding doctorate degrees to 434 candidates
in the 2012-13 academic year and enrolled 490 students for the programme during
2012-13, even as only 10 of its faculty members have doctorate degrees.I am
sure that most of the awardees of the degrees might have purchased them for a
good price and they should also be brought under the probe.
Few months back
the above University issued advertisements offering admission to B.Ed., M.Ed.
etc degree courses through distance education mode. But the B.Ed. & M.Ed. degrees
offered by the university are NOT recognized by the National Council of Teacher
Education and the Distance Education Council. You may be aware that B.Ed.
degrees offered by universities without the recognition of NCTE are NOT
eligible for getting appointments in Govt. sector. More over the recognition of
the Distance Education Council is mandatory for all the courses offered through
distance education mode.
Of course one
may pursue a course of his/her choice for the purpose of acquiring knowledge
without bothering about the recognition by Govt. regulatory bodies. But the
concerned universities/ institutions should clearly state in their prospectus
& web site about the status of the degrees/ courses offered by them. Many
innocent peoples may join these courses with the hope of getting Govt. jobs and
would realize about the truth only at a later stage. People should also avoid getting distracted by misleading advertisements when
enough opportunities are available for pursuing recognized courses of study.
