UGC PROVISIONS AND RELEVANT

VERDICTS ON DEFENDING STUDENT

RIGHTS

Presented by
Anitta Jose, Aparna Panicker, Aparna Rajeevan, Chilsy P, Jissy Rajish, Gayathri Nair,
Kavya Jithendran, Kaveri Mohan, Sreelekshmi Ben, Shamila Jibin, Rubayya Tasneem
The session aims at enabling the students to realise
and defend their rights at campuses. The major acts
and guidelines including Curbing the Menace of
Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions and
Guidelines on students entitlements will be
discussed. The grievance redressal mechanisms
including Grievance Redressal Cell will be discussed.
Further the session will briefly introduce important
verdicts pronounced by Apex courts upholding the
rights of the student community
INTRODUCTION
UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE
OF RAGGING

DEFINITION

The Ragging is defined as any disorderly conduct, whether by words spoken or written or by an
act, has the effect of teasing, treating, or handling with rudeness a fresher or a junior student.
Indulging in a rowdy or undisciplined activity that causes or is likely to cause annoyance,
hardship, or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or junior
student. Asking the students to do any act or perform something that such students will not do
in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or
embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or junior student.
This can lead to adverse effects such as depression, anxiety, and sometimes even suicide.
PUNISHMENT PROVISIONS
ANTI-RAGGING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN
INDIA

 Anti-Ragging Monitoring Committee

 University Grants Commission
 UGC Anti-Ragging Cell
 Inter Council Committee, UGC
 The National Anti-Ragging Helpline
 Monitoring Agency
 The Councils, Regulatory Bodies
 Anti-Ragging Committee
 Anti-Ragging Squads
IMPORTANT LINKS
RAGGING COMPLAINTS REGISTRATION
 The complaints of ragging are being registered through the following means:

1. Via e-mail: helpline@antiragging.in

2. National Anti-Ragging Help Line: 1800-180-5522. 24x7 Toll Free Number
3. Suo Motto via Social Media platforms, news, reporters, influencers, social workers among others
 Links for filling out ragging complaints:

The National Anti-Ragging Helpline website - www.antiragging.in

The Monitoring Agency website - www.c4yindia.org
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES COMPLIANCE
 The UGC regulation has made it mandatory for the universities and colleges to demote ragging in

their campuses and follow the compliances to achieve these objectives. The universities are
requested to fill online compliance and also immediately instruct all the colleges under their purview to
follow it.
 Link for ‘confirmation on compliance being followed’:

www.antiragging.in/compliance_desclaimer.html www.c4yindia.org/Home/CollegeComplaince
COUNCILS REPORTING
 The various councils in India are the statutory bodies for regulating universities and colleges. The
measures undertaken by them to curb the menace of ragging in their respected affiliated universities
and colleges are to be mandatorily reported.
 Link to upload the council’s reports:

www.antiragging.in/admin/login.php
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
COMPLIANCE
GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS’ ENTITLEMENT

 These guidelines have been issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in order to
help students, teachers, administrators and institutions to understand what the minimum
entitlements of the students
 Fulfillment of these entitlements imposes obligations on educational institutions,
administrators, policy makers, teachers and students themselves. If these obligations are
not met, a student can approach the Grievance Redressal Authority or the Ombudsman.
 Some of the provisions stated are already covered by existing laws or Rules and
Regulations of the UGC. But the students shall continue to enjoy all the right under
existing laws, rules and regulations which may not have been mentioned in these
Guidelines.
ADMISSION
 An announcement or advertisement for any course of study must clearly specify whether the
degree granted is notified by the UGC and other relevant statutory authorities.
 A student seeking admission is entitled to a document (usually called ‘Prospectus’) that
specifies the curricula including syllabi, names and academic profile and status of the
faculty, mode and frequency of evaluation, duration of the course, academic calendar,
comprehensive information about fees or charges of any kind, and refund rules.
 The Prospectus must spell out exactly the process and criteria for admissions.
 Information about any reservations or quota for any category, the eligibility criteria for
these reservations/quotas, certificate required for seeking admission under these must be
stated clearly in the Prospectus.
 The student must not be asked to produce documents which have not been mentioned in the
Prospectus.
QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
 It is the responsibility of the college/university to help the students develop their learning skills by
facilitating the creation of learner centric environment for quality education.
 The students who begin with a difficulty due to social handicap or a shift in the medium of
instruction are entitled to special support to bridge the gap.
 The students are entitled to availability and presence of qualified teacher, fulfillment of the
specified number of teaching days and contact hours for each course and completion of syllabus on
time.
 The students are entitled to reasonable access to facilities, services and resources including library
(that stocks textbooks, reference books, journals, e-resources), laboratories, and ICT facilities in
the languages permitted as medium of instruction or examination.
 The student are entitled to fair, transparent and timely evaluation, including fair provisions for
timely re-checking or re-evalutation of the scripts and redressal of any grievance related to the
evaluation process.
 The students are entitled to timely conduct of examination and declaration of results as specified in
the academic calendar in the Prospectus.
FEE AND FINANCIAL AID
 The students are entitled to prior and full information about amount,
components, frequency and mode of any kind of payment including fees or
charges of any other kind and refund rules.
 A college/university will make utmost effort to ensure that no student is
deprived of opportunities of quality education for lack of sufficient financial
resources.
INFRASTRUCTURE
 The students are entitled to access to appropriate resources including
classrooms, libraries, laboratories and other academic facilities necessary for
quality education.
 The students are entitled to reasonable access to sports and recreation
facilities, avenues for literary, aesthetic and other extra-curricular pursuits.
 The student are entitled to reasonable attention to medical and heath
requirements including free and periodic health check-up and
treatment/hospitalization in case of medical emergencies.
 The students are entitled to a reasonable access to adequate, clean and
hygienic hostel/residence accommodation that provides basic amenities
including recreational facilities.
 Student with disability are entitled to access to all schemes, facilities and
services in the university without discrimination.
 The students are entitled to non-discriminatory treatment (in the sense of
absence of harassment, victimization or exclusion) in every aspect of
institutional functioning. Any discrimination based on caste, gender, creed,
colour, race, religion, place of birth, political conviction, language and
disability shall be prohibited.
 As democratic citizens, the students are entitled to freedom of thought and
expression within and outside their institution.
 The students are entitled to forming associations and unions, directly
electing their representatives to Students Unions and having their
representatives on the college/university decision making bodies including
internal quality assessment, grievance committees, Gender Sensitization
Committees against Sexual Harassment and the Academic/Executive council.
 The students are entitled to full and correct information about any
institution of higher education in which they study or propose to study.
 The students are entitled to redressal of their grievance by the Grievance
Redressal Committee of the institution within 10 days of making a
representation.