Last Update: April 15, 2023, 11:21 IST
UGC (Redressal of Students’ Grievances) Regulations, 2023, which will replace the 2019 guidelines (Representational image)
As in the 2019 rules, the UGC has retained Student Redressal Committees that will look into complaints of alleged discrimination against students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities, persons with disabilities or women.
The University Grants Commission has made it mandatory to appoint representatives of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and women as chairpersons or members of students’ grievance redressal committees.
The UGC (Redressal of Students’ Grievances) Regulations, 2023, which will replace the 2019 guidelines, were notified on April 11 and are aligned as per the new national guidelines. Education Policy.
The commission on Thursday asked all higher education institutions to comply with the new norms, which seek to provide opportunities for redressal of grievances to students already enrolled in any institution as well as students seeking admission in such institutions.
According to the revised guidelines, at least one member or chairperson of the Student Grievance Redressal Committee shall be a woman, and at least one member or chairperson shall be from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes.
“Student Grievances Regulations, 2023, provides an additional forum for redressal of complaints against caste-based discrimination. UGC Chairman Jagdish said, these rules do not replace other rules/guidelines framed/issued by the UGC from time to time to ensure that no student is discriminated against on grounds of caste, creed, religion, language, Does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender or disability. Youth.
As in the 2019 rules, the UGC has retained Student Redressal Committees that will look into complaints of alleged discrimination against students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities, persons with disabilities or women.
The new guidelines also retain the provision for appointment of an ombudsman for redressal of grievances of students of the University and Colleges/Institutions affiliated to the University. The Ombudsman shall be a retired Vice Chancellor/Retired Professor or former District Judge with 10 years of experience.
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