Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 4: Alleging irregularities in charging of quality assurance fund by Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance Cell in Jammu University, National Secular Forum (NSF) has demanded special audit of the department for the last two years.
Addressing media persons, NSF vice-president Papinder Singh said that the Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance Cell has been charging Rs 160 Quality Assurance Fund from each student, who takes admission in any course in the university or college. “However, despite charging this fund every year from students; it is still unknown where this huge money has been used,” he said and added that according to official website of DIQA, 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 be 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, Hindi, Buddhist Studies, Punjabi, Urdu, English and other departments in JU”?” he questioned.
Demanding special audit of the funds and the department, the NSF leader appealed Chancellor of Jammu University to intervene in the matter so that truth would be ascertained.
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