Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 15: Alleging irregularities in charging of quality assurance fund by Director Quality Assurance, Jammu Students Morcha (JSM) has demanded audit of the department for the last six years.
Addressing media persons, Vikram Kumar State President JSM said that Director Quality Assurance has been charging Quality Assurance Fund from each student (Rs. 135 per student), who took admission in Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Directorate of Distance Education, B.Ed. Med and even in any other private college of state.He further said that inspite of charging huge fund every year from students; it was still unknown, where the fund has been used. According to official website of Director Quality Assurance, it has been maintained in the objectives and functions that the collected QA fund would be used to undertake, intervention strategies for encouraging self-evaluation, accountability, continual improvement in all the system procedure beside many other functions, but on ground level, the net result was nil. He further alleged that in the achievements and activities the department has shown that, the department has to conduct training and development for faculty, officers, non teaching staff of University and Principals and teachers of the affiliated colleges of the University but all turned into a farce. "Even the department has also written that the fund is supposed to used for placements, fellowships, career education fairs beside numerous other functions, but we want to ask the University authorities that how many placement drives have been conducted in languages departments including Dogri, Punjabi, Urdu, English and other Social Studies department", he questioned.
Raising their finger over the working of Director of Quality Assurance Cell, JSM president said that since the Cell had been constituted, the same person had been holding the post of Director, which was under question. Demanding special audit of the funds and the department, JSM president appealed Vice Chancellor of Jammu University Prof RD Sharma to intervene in the matter, so that truth would be ascertained. Among those who were present in the Press-conference included, Renu Gupta, Rohit Gupta, Vikrant Singh, Raman Gupta and Sanjay Gupta. |
