The UGC has a provision in the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of MPhil and PhD) Regulations, 2016, stating that "the women candidate may be provided maternity leave or childcare leave once in the entire duration of MPhil and PhD for up to 240 days."
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed the Vice-Chancellors of all the Universities to frame appropriate rules and regulations for granting maternity leave and attendance-related relaxations to women students who are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The UGC has a provision in the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of MPhil and PhD) Regulations, 2016, stating that "the women candidate may be provided maternity leave or childcare leave once in the entire duration of MPhil and PhD for up to 240 days," it said in a letter to VCs.
"All Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are requested to frame appropriate rules and norms with regard to granting maternity leave to the women students enrolled in their respective institutions and affiliated colleges and also provide all relaxations and exemptions relating to attendance, extension in date for submitting examination forms or any other facility deemed necessary for women students pursuing UG and PG programmes," it said.
Meanwhile, UGC has urged all the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to make appropriate decisions regarding the reopening of campuses, conducting classes and examinations in online/offline/blended mode and following the proper COVID-19 appropriate behavior.
As per the official notification, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak pandemic, several guidelines have been issued by the University Grant Commission or UGC with respect to the academic calendar, examinations, re-opening of institutions. Further, several Standard Operating Procedure or SOPs were issued with regards to the conduct of examination during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the subsequent lockdowns, With regards to this, the commission released several notifications dated on April 29, 2020, July 6, 2020, July 8, 2020, September 29, 2020, November 5, 2020, and July 16, 2021.
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