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Statute 209 replaced English with Gujarati/Hindi for exams/instruction by 1955–56 but allowed temporary English use until 1961. The anomaly persisted: students could write exams in English without English-medium instruction, leading to mismatched learning and assessment, causing academic challenges.

Statute 209 replaced English with Gujarati/Hindi for exams/instruction by 1955–56 but allowed temporary English use until 1961. The anomaly persisted: students could write exams in English without English-medium instruction, leading to mismatched learning and assessment, causing academic challenges.

The power of the University to promote the use of Gujarati and/or Hindi as "a medium of instruction" in Section 4(27) has reference only to those institutions which are established and maintained by the University in pursuance of its teaching function and not to colleges over which it exercises a certain amount of control prescribed under the Act by reason of affiliation and the power of the University to hold examinations to lay down as incidental thereto approved courses of studies and to confer degrees etc.

The Memorandum of Association (MoA) of Xavier Kelavani Mandal Private Limited establishes it as a private company to manage Roman Catholic educational, religious, and charitable institutions. Its primary objects include acquiring properties linked to Catholic entities like the Ahmedabad Mission, operating colleges, schools, hostels, and orphanages, and managing funds for religious purposes.

The Memorandum of Association (MoA) of Xavier Kelavani Mandal Private Limited establishes it as a private company to manage Roman Catholic educational, religious, and charitable institutions. Its primary objects include acquiring properties linked to Catholic entities like the Ahmedabad Mission, operating colleges, schools, hostels, and orphanages, and managing funds for religious purposes.

The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, have sparked a significant debate regarding the autonomy of academic spaces and the role of the State in student life. While framed as a move toward inclusivity, the framework has faced criticism for its structural similarities to colonial control mechanisms and its […]

The University Grants Commission (UGC) released a new set of rules on January 13, 2026, aimed at ensuring fairness and inclusion within colleges and universities. These rules are officially called the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026. This notification acts as an update to older rules from 2012, bringing them in line with the goals of the National Education Policy 2020.

The scope of these rules is broad, as they apply to every higher education institution across India. This means all universities and colleges under the oversight of the UGC must follow these guidelines to ensure they are providing an equitable environment for their students.

While the objective mentions EWS, the practical application often ignores that general category students can also be economically vulnerable. The regulation often fails to recognize that a student's general category status does not protect them from poverty. When the equity framework focuses heavily on caste-based identity, the specific struggles of the poor among the general category are often overlooked, leaving them without the same social or institutional support systems.

Stakeholder means everyone who studies, teaches, works, or governs or manages the college or university.