University of Madras will no longer need to run from pillar to post to get a provisional degree certificate.
Chennai: Students graduating from colleges affiliated to University of Madras will no longer need to run from pillar to post to get a provisional degree certificate.
The university’s syndicate on Thursday has decided that the certificates will be published on the institutions website and students can download it free of cost.
Provisional degree certificate is an important document when applying for higher studies.
There is a time lag between the time results are announced and the convocation where the final degree certificate is given.
However, educational institutions as well as employers demand some proof of the candidate having cleared the exams. For this, universities issue the provisional degree certificate which is valid for a short period of time. But for this, students are made to run from one section to another.
The University’s move is keeping in line with Vice Chancellor P Duraisamy’s philosophy to make things easier for students. “Students can download it and print it. It will have a validity for three months,” a university official said. It will have a unique QR code as well. Syndicate members also discussed the possibility of linking it with Aadhaar number. This will be applicable for the under-graduate and post-graduate students from affiliated colleges and the university.
The syndicate also deliberated on approving the principals appointed by affiliated minority colleges like Stella Maris and New College.
Sources said that the approvals were withheld by the syndicate as there was a discussion if the colleges have formed the selection committees as per the 2010 UGC guidelines which includes an amendment specific to minority institutions.
The syndicate also approved the promotions of 15 professors under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS).
There was also a discussion on a Rs 67 lakh audit objection pertaining to an irregularity regarding procurement of pen drives by the Institute of Distance Education (IDE) more than a decade ago. This was deferred as the members could not converge on a common resolution.
