Education dept to crack down on illegal varsities

RAIPUR : Higher education department has issued letters to superintendents of police (SPs) via state public commission for taking immediate action against educational institutes running without accreditation.
Chief lokayukta SN Srivastava has asked state government to provide list of non-accredited universities operating illegally in state. Srivastava has instructed higher education department to submit details of vice-chancellors’ official address and mobile numbers of illegal institutions within 15 days.
Chief lokayukta said the degrees awarded by these universities operating illegally are invalid and students are being misled.
Higher education department additional director RB Subramanyam presented the report on behalf of state government, and informed public commission that state government has taken serious note of complaints. Education department officials said except 23 universities, no other university has been accredited in Chhattisgarh. Few of the non-accredited universities in state, include CMJ University, Novelty University, Karnataka State Open University, Mysore and SAM Hedgebotes Institute of Agriculture Technology and Science Allahabad.