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Panaji: Goa University’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking has been dropping solely because of vice chancellor Prof Harilal Menon’s flawed policies, said the Goa Forward Party.
GFP has taken umbrage over Menon’s claim that Goans are less qualified than the other faculty and are thus to blame for the ranking drop.GFP general secretary Prashant Naik said that Menon is trying to dilute the university’s domicile clause for faculty recruitment. GFP vice president Dilip Prabhudesai said that the vice chancellor has failed to improve campus placement, alumni activities, sports infrastructure, and learning processes.“The rankings are dropping only because of the vice chancellor,” said Prabhudesai. “The vice chancellor is set to retire in two years. But if he is granted an extension, he will bring Goa University to ruin. The chief minister must sack him and set the university back on the right path, ” he said.GFP ridiculed Menon’s claim of 59% campus placements. “Most of these are for teaching jobs in local colleges, not core industry placements.
This is a cover-up in anticipation of further drops in university rankings,” said Prabhudesai. He further alleged that Goa University does not maintain any alumni records, which is a critical component of national assessments. “The university’s ranking depends on the quality of its curriculum, its implementation, and learning outcomes, none of which the university ensures,” Prabhudesai said.GFP alleges that Menon ordered staff to falsify documents for the upcoming NAAC assessment. “The NAAC team must be informed that they are being shown falsified data,” he said. The party has also accused Menon of taking credit for programmes launched by the directorate of higher education.