UGC directed institutions and Universities
Coimbatore:The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed institutions and Universities against retaining school,institution leaving certificate, mark sheet, caste certificate and other documents in original, preventing a candidate from joining another institution of his choice. A copy of the UGC direction was released to the media on Friday by Prof G Thiruvasagam, vice-chancellor, Bharathiar University, in view of the recent reports about a plus-two student found begging for money to get his certificates from a city college, which had refused to return them unless he paid the first semester fee.It has come to the UGC's notice that students were being admitted to various courses long before the academic session started and collected full fee from them and retained their certificates in original. The institutions were also reportedly confiscating the fee paid if a student failed to join on the due date, it said. UGC clearly stated that it was of the view that by way of retaining the certificate in original, force retention of admitted students, which limited the opportunities for the candidates from exercising other options of joining other institutions of their choice. However, it would not be permissible to retain the certificates and documents in original.
