From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission(UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) have in a joint circular advised the students not to go to Pakistan for any kind of studies as degrees obtained from there will not be be valid to pursue higher education or find a government job in India.
The notification comes within a month of the UGC, the higher education regulator, warning the Indian students planning to pursue higher studies in China that it does not recognise the degree courses done only in online mode without prior approval. Advisory against going to China for education came in the wake of the Chinese government suspending all visas on account of Covid-19.
“All concerned are advised not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education. Any Indian national or Overseas citizen of India, who intends to take admission to any degree college or educational institution of Pakistan shall not be eligible for seeking employment or higher studies in India on the basis of such qualification (in any subject) acquired in Pakistan,” says the advisory.
It, however, adds that “migrants and their children who have acquired higher education degrees in Pakistan and have been awarded citizenship by India would be eligible for seeking employment in India after obtaining security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.”
In 2019, the UGC had issued an advisory against studying in the institutions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
