Jorhat, October 5, 2014: Dispur has directed principals of provincialised colleges not to allow their premises to be used by any organisation or NGO without taking permission from the state director of higher education.
There are 323 provincialised and seven government colleges in Assam.
The director of higher education, P. Jidung, in a letter issued on September 25 to principals of all provincialised colleges, has expressed concern over the colleges often allowing holding of interviews, examinations, seminars and workshops, among others, by outside organisations on college premises without obtaining permission of higher authorities.
In the letter, Jidung said it has come to his notice that most of the provincialised colleges are allowing outside organisations to organise interviews, examinations, seminars, workshops and other events on their premises (buildings and classrooms) and that such activities were not related to college matters.
“This practice of letting out college buildings for such purposes without information and permission from the controlling authorities is not proper and permissible,” Jidung said.
He said henceforth principals would not be allowed to use their premises for any kind of activity by any NGO or organisation without obtaining permission.
However, Jidung in the directive said colleges could allow organising of any activity related to academic interest/purposes.
He said the restriction had been imposed on the colleges in the “greater interest” of the educational institutions and should be strictly adhered to by the principals.
Sources in the education department said the director of higher education had issued the directive after it was found that “frequent activities” organised on the premises of many colleges across the state by NGOs disturbed the academic atmosphere with non-students gathering and making the premises dirty.
Of late, some of the colleges have been receiving requests from NGOs, literary and music organizations to hold their conferences, seminars, festivals on their premises and this was a “bad trend”, as colleges were not meant for such activities which affect the academic atmosphere in the colleges, sources said. No revenue is earned by allowing by holding such programmes, they added.
A principal of a leading college here said the new directive was a welcome one as any activity in the college can be organised only after obtaining permission from the director of higher education. He hoped the organisations seeking permission to hold any event on college premises will not put “pressure” on the authorities in the future.
Source: The Telegraph
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