UGC calls teachers’ meet over API issue after protest

Facing protests from teachers’ bodies over the Academic Performance Index (API) criteria, UGC on Tuesday said it will organise a stakeholders’ consultation on Monday and that it is acting on the HRD Ministry’s direction for measures so as to ensure that teaching workload is not increased under the new norms.

In a statement, the higher education regulator said it has initiated action on the review by the HRD Ministry of the recent amendment to the UGC (minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in higher education) Regulations, 2010.