UGC

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. 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.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.