AIFUCTO Demands tha UGC withdraw the Draft UGC regulation 2025

All India Federation of University & College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO)

Patna/New Delhi 15 January 2025

PRESS RELEASE

All India Federation of University & College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO) opposes Draft UGC (Minimum qualification for appointment and promotion of Teachers and Academic staff in universities and college and Measures for the maintenance of standard in Higher Education Regulation 2025

Dated on 06.01.2025

AIFUCTO President Prof. Dr. M. NAGARAJAN and AIFUCTO General Secretary Prof. DR. ARUN KUMAR issued the following press statement today
The University Grants Commission has come up with its draft regulations stipulating the minimum qualifications for teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges. It is evident from the structure and content of these regulations that the apex agency is continuing its agenda of centralization at the cost of the rights and privileges of the states as well as the academic autonomy of the universities. The numerous times the UGC has amended its own regulations and changed various aspects of the minimum qualifications required for selection and promotion of teachers and other academic staff is ample evidence for the confusion that prevails within the apex agency regarding these norms. This has created enormous confusion within the academic community regarding the existing pathways for career advancement. Teachers