All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE under the HRD minister has shown their displeasure and issued strict guidelines to all the educational institutes and colleges that are demanding fees that include admission fees from parents during the lockdown. They have issued a notice clarifying that the educational institutes should not insist on payment of fees till the ongoing lockdown is lifted and normalcy is restored.
The Council has also directed all the educational institutes to pay the salary of faculty and staff members for the lockdown period along with withdrawal of termination of any employee as for now. In this regard, a letter has been issued to the respective chief secretaries of all states/ UTs including reimbursement of fees of colleges/ institutions.
AICTE has issued advisory against those educational institutes who are demanding fees and admission fees from parents during lockdown tenure.
The online classes that AICTE is conducting for students for the current semester will be continued. The revised calendar will be issued by UGC/AICTE subsequently. Furthermore, UGC has also constructed a committee for recommending the modalities of conduct of examinations, the award of marks and passing criteria in examinations. For internships, students who were pursuing internships can work from home.
