Kapil calms nerves, says degree for all students

Jan. 19: Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal clarified on Tuesday that not a single student of any failed ‘deemed university’ would be affected. He also indicated that he would scrap the granting of such status in future.

“Not a single student will be adversely affected. The students will get a university degree,” Mr Sibal said at the social editors conference here allaying the fears of students and their parents. This reassurance from the minister came as violence erupted in one of the ‘deemed’ institutions near Chennai which was ‘stripped’ of its status, where students went on a rampage damaging computers and boycotting classes. There are around two lakh students pursuing higher studies in these 44 institutions in 13 states.

The HRD minister said no deemed university has been derecognised as yet. “The government has accepted the findings of the expert committee and submitted its findings to the SC which will decide on the course of action. We will take care of all the students,” he said. The matter will come up before the SC on January 25.