17 colleges, over 140 students under scanner
Complaints lodged against tampering of documents
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, August 28 2021: Following the detection of irregularities and tampering of documents submitted for availing Ishan Uday Scholarships, 2020-21, Directorate of University and Higher Education, Ma-nipur has lodged complaints at Wangoi Police Station for taking up legal action against person (s) involved in the forgery.

The directorate submitted written complaints to the officer-in-charge of the police station on August 24.It may be mentioned that the matter came to light after the government received complaints in this regard from some sections of the public in the latter part of July this year.

Acting promptly on the matter, on August 3, Higher & Technical Education Department sent letters to Manipur University, National Sports University, Central Agricultural University, Manipur University of Culture, Dhanaman-juri University, Manipur Technical University, NIT Manipur, Controller of Technical Education and Director (U&HE) asking the authorities of these institutes to verify the student beneficiaries under the scheme in respect of colleges under their administrative control by downloading the list of students from the National Scholarships Portal (NSP).

It was also instructed that the verified list, duly authenticated and signed should be submitted to Higher and Technical Education Department by August 10, 2021.The state government also wrote to University Grants Commission (UGC) to share the lists of verified applicants of Ishan Uday Scholarship, particularly of the students hailing from Manipur and studying in colleges outside the state.

UGC was also requested to keep the payment in respect of selected beneficiaries from Manipur on hold until a communication was received from the Higher and Technical Education Department, Government of Manipur.

Response from UGC is awaited on this.

On August 17, 2021, University & Higher Education Directorate submitted a verification report of the selected students of different colleges under Ishan Uday Scholarship, 2020-21 to the commissioner (Higher & Technical Education).

As per the report, 138 students of Kamakhya Pemton College and three students of Mayai Lambi College were found tampering marks while submitting documents to avail the scholarships under the scheme.

Moreover, the report stated that 17 colleges of Manipur had failed to submit verification reports of selected students till date despite repeated reminders.

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