MP Updates: UGC Asks Government To Submit Report On Fake Varsities; Chief Secretary's Chair Put In Front Row In Cabinet After One Year

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has filed a formal complaint with the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding fake universities operating in Madhya Pradesh. The UGC has responded by instructing the state government to conduct an investigation and submit a report on the matter.

NSUI leader Ravi Parmar stated that around 70% of the universities in the state are functioning only on paper. He further claimed that the MP Private University Regulatory Commission had previously directed several universities to appoint qualified Vice Chancellors (VCs) but many institutions still lack eligible VCs.

Parmar also alleged that in these universities, not only are the VCs unqualified, but the staff members are also appointed purely on paper, which raises serious concerns about the quality and legitimacy of these institutions.

In response to the complaint, the UGC has directed the Principal Secretary of Higher Education and Technical Education to prepare a report and submit it to the Commission for further investigation.

Chief Secretary's Chair Put In Front Row In Cabinet After One Year

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The chair of the Chief Secretary has been kept in the front row in the cabinet meeting after one year. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav told Chief Secretary Anurag Jain that as the sounds cannot be properly heard from the back row and advised him to sit in the front row.

Afterwards, Jain’s chair has been put at the forefront of the ministers. During the tenure of former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Secretary used sit beside the CM. But after taking over as Chief Minister, Yadav made CS sit in the back row.

During her tenure as Chief Secretary Veera Rana used to sit in the back row. When Jain became the CS, he, too, he used to sit in the back row. It happened for the first time that Yadav himself told the CS to sit in the front row.