The higher education department’s plan to shift the affiliation of colleges from HN Bahuguna Garhwal Central University to Sridev Suman University could not materialise due to tough de-affiliation norms. In a recent meeting of the Principals of Government colleges of the State, the demand of shifting the affiliation was raised by the heads of Government Colleges on which Finance and Higher Education Minister Indira Hridayesh has ordered to start the process of de-affiliation.
Forty eight colleges of State located in Garhwal division of State are affiliated with the HNB University. It is learnt that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has sent the request of State Government to shift the affiliation to its legal department for opinion. When contacted the Director of higher education department Jagdish Prasad told The Pioneer that the department had sent the request to the State Government for de affiliation of the colleges of HN Bahuguna Garhwal University. He said that the government colleges had to deposit Rs40000 every year for affiliation of the central university which the Principals of the colleges resented. Prasad said that the government colleges were also finding it difficult for seeking affiliation for new courses from the central University.
The concept of evening classes in the colleges of the state also created a piquant situation before many government colleges of the state where affiliation from two different universities was needed for regular and evening classes. The state government started evening classes when Uttarakhand High Court while hearing a petition of Daulat Ram Semwal placed a limit in the number of admissions in the colleges due to which large number of students could not get regular admissions in the colleges.
On the demand of these left out students the state government started the evening class concept and thousands of students took admissions in these classes. The Sridev Suman University gave affiliation to the colleges located in Garhwal region for evening classes.Source said that the plans of State Government for de affiliating the 48 colleges from HN Bahuguna central university could not materialize as it would require amendment in section 4 (f) of Universities act of UGC.