Universities, colleges and higher education institutions in Meghalaya will now have to disclose their fee structure, national ranking, fee refund policy, hostel facilities, scholarship programmes and other details on their official website.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made a ‘Minimum-Mandatory Disclosure’ regulation for higher education institutions in the country under which they will be required to upload details of academic programmes, academic calendar, schools/departments/centres, faculty details with photographs, admissions and fee along with other important details
They will also have to disclose their National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings.
It may be mentioned that websites of several universities, colleges and higher education institutions lack basic minimum information related to their institute and many times their websites are not functional or updated.
The UGC has prepared a detailed document on the information that needs to be disclosed on the websites of the higher education institutions. The UGC has sent this document to all institutions.
The document states that the ‘Minimum Mandatory Disclosure’ rule for higher education institutions will mandate that the institutions have an ‘About us’ page, Act and Statutes or MoA and information regarding the Institutional Development Plan, Annual Reports, Constituent Units, Affiliated Colleges, Off-campus and Off-shore campus.
According to the UGC the universities and colleges will also have to upload details of their accreditation and nation rankings, and have profiles of all senior administrative officials.
