Short title, Extent and Commencement
(1) This Act may be called "The Gujarat Common Universities Act, 2023"
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint
(3) It shall extend to all universities mentioned in part I of Schedule I
Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
1. "ABC" means Academic Bank of Credit,
2. "Academic Board for Quality Improvement" means a Board created at each university for improving quality of research, training, education and extension activities at the university;
3. "academic services unit" means university science and instrumentation center, academic staff college, computer center, university printing press or any other unit providing specialized services for the promotion of any of the objectives of the university.
4. "adjunct professor", "adjunct associate professor" or "adjunct assistant professor" means a person from industry, trade, agriculture, commerce, social, cultural, academic or any other allied field who is so designated during the period of collaboration or association with the university;
5. "affiliated college" means a college which has been granted affiliation by the university;
6. "authorities" means the authorities of the university as specified by or under this Act;
7. "autonomous college", "autonomous institution" or "autonomous department" means a college, institution or department to which autonomy is granted and is designated to be so by the Statutes;
8. "autonomy" means a privilege of the university conferred by the statutes to permit a college, institution or a university department to conduct academic programms.
examinations and develop syllabus for the respective subjects. A college, institution or a university department which has been granted autonomy shall have full academic. administrative and financial autonomy subject to the provisions of the UGC:9. "AYUSH" means Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy;
10. "B.Ed." means Bachelor of Education;
11. "bodies" means the bodies of the university formed by the respective authorities;
12. "BoM" means Board of Management;
13. "CABE" means Central Advisory Board of Education;
14. "CBSE" means Central Board of Secondary Education:
15. "CIET" means Central Institute of Educational Technology;
16. "collaboration" means collaborative academic activity of the university or college or institution with other universities, academic institutions including local, regional, national or international institutions, research institutions and organizations in the field of agriculture, industry, trade and commerce, sports, social, cultural, science, technology and any other such field;
17. "college" means a college constituted by the university, or affiliated to the university, situated in the university area;
18. "Common Board for Quality Improvement" means a Board created for the purposes of improving quality of research, training, education and extension activities at the Universities;
19. "community college" means an institution providing skill-based expert academic programs as prescribed in the Statutes;
20. "conducted college" means a college maintained and managed by the university:
21. "De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis)" means tribes declared as such by the State Government, from time to time;
22. "department" means a department conducting research, providing consulting and extension services, and teaching a particular subject or a group of subjects in a college and university as prescribed in the Statutes;
23. "Director" means a head of an institution including a centre or a school of the university as designated by the Board of Management or a head of a recognized institution;
24. "Director of Higher Education" and "Director of Technical Education" means respectively Director of Higher Education, Gujarat State and Director of Technical Education, Gujarat State;
25. "Empowered Autonomous College" means an autonomous college that is approved by the University Grants Commission as a College with potential for Excellence or College of Excellence, which has high level grade as specified by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette as has been given the status of Empowered Autonomous College by the Authority under the Statutes, with a power to grant degree of such College jointly with the affiliating University;
26. "Empowered Autonomous Cluster Institutions" means a group of autonomous Colleges or institutions of the same management or educational society which includes the colleges or Institutions, identified by the University Grants Commission as College with potential for excellence or College of Excellence, which have high level grade as specified by the Government by-notification in the Official Gazette as has been given the status of Empowered Autonomous Cluster Institution by the Authority under the Statutes, and is empowered to grant a joint degree with the affiliating University:
27. "Empowered Autonomous Skills Development College" means, a college which has been recognized by the university for conducting the skills development programmes as prescribed by the university as per the National, State Level policy regarding Skills Qualification and Education Framework and which is given the status of Empowered Autonomous Skills Development College by the university to which it is affiliated/constituted and is empowered to grant a joint degree, certificate, diploma and advanced diploma with the affiliating university,
28. "fee" means tuition fees, other fees and charges, including developmental charges; paid for imparting education;
29. "GCED" means Global Citizenship Education:
30. "GER" means Gross Enrolment Ratio:
31. "Head of the University Department", "Head of the Institution" and "Head of the College Department" means respectively, a Head of the University Department, a Head of the Recognized Institution and a Head of the College Department, as prescribed in the Statutes;
32. "HECI" means Higher Education Commission of India;
33. "HEGC" means Higher Education Grants Council;
34. "HEI" means Higher Education Institutions;
35. "higher education" means the pursuit of knowledge beyond learning at the stage of higher secondary school education;
36. "Hostel" means a place of residence for the students of the university or a college or an institution, provided, established, maintained, by the university or college or institution, as the case may be;
37. "institution" means an academic institution of learning, other than a college, associated and admitted to the privileges of the university.
38. "interdisciplinary studies" means the combined academic studies and research in different disciplines as prescribed by statutes:
39. "management" means the trustees or the managing or governing body, by whatever name called, of any trust registered under the Gujarat Public Trusts Act-2011, or any society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860 or a Company registered under section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, under the management of which one or more colleges or recognized institutions or other institutions of higher learning.are conducted and admitted to the privileges of the university:
Provided that, in relation to any college or institution established or maintained by the Central Government or the State Government or a local authority like a Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation, it means, respectively, the Central Government or theState Government or the Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may b
40. "MOOC" means Massive Open Online Cours
41. "MoE" means Ministry of Educatio
42. "M Phil" means Master of Philosoph
43. "multidisciplinary studies" means the combined academic studies and research in different streams of a particular discipline as prescribed by Statute
44. "MWCD" means Ministry of Women and Child Developmen
45. "NAAC" means National Accreditation and Academic Council; 46. "NAS" means National Achievement Surve
47. "NCERT" means National Council of Educational Research and Trainin
48. "NCF" means National Curriculum Framework, National Curriculum Framework Early Childhood Care and Education (NCFECCE) National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE) and National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education (NCFAE)
49. "NCFTE" means National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Educatio
50. "NCIVE" means National Committee for the Integration of Vocational Educatio
51. "NCTE" means National Council for Teacher Educatio
52. "NCVET" means National Council for Vocational Education and Trainin
53. "NETF" means National Educational Technology Forum: 54. "NHEQF" means National Higher Education Qualifications Framewor
55. "NHERC" means National Higher Education Regulatory Counci
56. "NIT" means National institute of Technology:
57. "NITI" means National Institution for Transforming Indi
58. "Nomadic Tribes" means tribes wandering from place to place in search of their livelihood, as declared by the State Government and Central Government, from time to tim
59. "non-vacational academic staff" means such staff as the State Government may classify to be non-vacational academic staff and includes all such staff which is complimentaryto academic staff but, shall not include the staff engaged purely in discharging administrative function
60. "NPST" means National Professional Standards for Teacher
61. "NRF" means National Research Foundatio
62. "NSQF" means National Skills Qualifications Framewor
63. "ODL" means Open and Distance Learnin
64. "Other Backward Classes" means any socially and educationally backward classes citizens as declared by the State Government and includes Other Backward Classes declared by the Government of India in relation to the State of Gujarat
65. "PARAKH" means Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic development
66. "PCI" means Pharmacy Council of India
67. "PFMS" means Public Financial Management Syste
68. "Ph.D." means Doctor of Philosophy
69. "post-graduate department" means a department in a college or institution of higher learning, research or specialized studies, recognized to be so by the university and imparting post-graduate instruction or guidance for teaching and research
70. "prescribed" means prescribed by Statutes or Ordinances or Regulations,may be, made by or under this Act; 71. "principal" means the head of a college or an institution duly approved by the State Government; 72. "Pro-Vice-Chancellor" means the academic and executive officer, next to the Vice-chancellor having purview of the entire university
73. "Professor", "Associate Professor" or "Assistant Professor" means as notified by From time to time
74. "Principal Executive Officer" means the Principal Executive Officer appointed under section 13 of this Act
75. "PSSB" means Professional Standard Setting Bod
76. "PTR" means Pupil Teacher Ratio;
77. "R&I" means Research and Innovation: 78. "RCI" means Rehabilitation Council of India;
79. "recognized institution" means an institution of higher learning, research or specialized studies, other than a college, and recognized to be so by the university:
80. "registered graduate" means a graduate of a university registered or deemed to be registered by or under this Act with one of the universities;
81. "RPWD" means Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
82. "satellite center" means an integral part of an affiliated or conducted college or recognized institution imparting academic programs, co-curricular, research and extension activities in rural or tribal region, neighboring the location of such college or institution, established with the object of reaching the unreached, on the terms and conditions specified by the State Government by an Order in the Official Gazette:
83. "SCDP" means School Complex/ Cluster Development Plans;
84. "SCERT" means State Council of Educational Research and Training:
85. "SCF" means State Curricular Framework;
86. "Schedule" means the schedule to this Act;
87. "Scheduled Castes" means such castes, races or tribes or parts of, or groups within, such castes, races or tribes as under Article 341 of Constitution to be the be Scheduled Castes for the purpose of this Act;
88. "Scheduled Tribes" means such tribes or tribal communities or parts of or groups within,such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Schedule Tribes for the purpose of this Act;
89, "school" means a school of studies maintained by or recognized as such by the university or autonomous college, Empowered Autonomous College, Empowered Autonomous Cluster Institution;
90. "SDG" means Sustainable Development Goals;
91. "SEDG" means Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Group:
92. "self-financing course" means the course conducted by a university, college or self- financed institute on self-finance basis as approved by the university;
93. "self-financing institute" means the institute functioning on self-finance which has obtained previous sanction of the State Government and affiliated/constituted with the university;
94. "SEZ" means Special Education Zone;
95. "Skills Knowledge Provider" means an institution which has been recognized by the university for conducting such courses as prescribed by the university as per the National, State Level policy regarding Skills Qualification Framework:
96. "Special Backward Category" means Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of citizens declared as a Special Backward Category by the State Government: 97. "State Government" means. The Government of Gujarat and the Chancellor as per Gujarat Act No. 13 of 2015 and the Government of Gujarat: 98. "Statutes", "Ordinances". "Regulations" and "Rules" mean, respectively, the Statutes,Ordinances, Regulations and Rules made by or under this Act;
99. "STEM" means Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; 100. "Student" means an individual who is admitted and registered for an academic programme of the University or affiliated, conducted, autonomous colleges and recognized, institutions of the University; 101. "Sub-Campus" means a comprehensive inherent independent unit of the university for a predetermined geographical jurisdiction approved by competent authority for decentralisation of academic, administrative, research and extension activities of that jurisdiction, with the objective of improving efficiency and effectiveness;
102. "SWAYAM" means Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds:
103. "teacher" means full time approved professor, associate professor, assistant professor, reader, lecturer, librarian, principal, Director of an Institution, deputy or assistant librarian in the university, college librarian, Director or Instructor of physical education in any university department, conducted, affiliated or autonomous college, autonomous institution or department or recognized institution of the university;
104. "TET" means Teacher Eligibility Test;
105. "university" means any of the state universities mentioned in the Schedule:
106. "university area" means the area specified against the name of the university in the Schedule;
107. "university department" means a department established and maintained by the university as prescribed by the Statutes, conducting research, providing consultancy and extension services, and teaching a particular subject or a group of subjects;
108. "University Grants Commission" means the University Grants Commission established under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956:
109. "university institution" means a centre, a school, or an institute established and maintained by the university as prescribed by the Statutes;
110. "university teacher" means a full time teacher appointed by the university: 111. "Vice-Chancellor" means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.