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tion owned by a member of the minority community, if for all other purposes it is run as an ordinary educational institution satisfying the stipulations of the university. The status of 'minority community institution5 should be given only if education is imparted exclusively to a minority community.
Government grant should be given only to those institutions which impart secular education prescribed by the university and none of them should carry the appellation of'minority community'. The Supreme Court verdict regarding the status of the Aligarh Muslim University should be made to apply to such cases elsewhere. It said that since the university was established by the Central Government it cannot be considered a minority institution according to Article 30 (1) of the Constitution. Similarly those institutions which receive regular grants from government or where staff salaries are paid by the government (as in Kerala) cannot be considered 'minority9 institutions. Article 30 (1) should be amended if necessary.
Even before nationalization, teachers, students and non-teaching staff should be given proper representation in the administration of the colleges. Departmental committees should be set up for running the departments. The present autocratic and bureaucratic way of administering the colleges should be put an end to. The principal should be made answerable to a college committee of teachers, students, non-teaching staff and representatives of the university and management.
A proper machinery should be set up to establish better relations between students and teachers and to do away with the contradictions existing between these two sections. Co-operation and co-ordination in their functioning are prerequisites for a real democratization of university education.
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