Indian Students Pursuing Higher Education In Pakistan Will Not Be Eligible For Employment In India: Advisory

This advisory comes within a month of the higher education regulator cautioning the Indian students planning to pursue higher studies in China.

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said that UGC and AICTE issue such public notices in the interest of Indian students. (PTI Image)

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have advised students from India and Overseas Citizen of India from pursuing higher education in Pakistan. 

This advisory, which comes within a month of the higher education regulator cautioning the Indian students planning to pursue higher studies in China, said it does not recognise “degree courses done only in online mode without prior approval”, reported news agency ANI.

"All concerned are advised not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education. Any Indian national or Overseas Citizen of India who intends to take admission to any degree college or educational institution of Pakistan shall not be eligible for seeking employment or higher studies in India on the basis of such educational qualifications (in any subject) acquired in Pakistan," the advisory read.

"However, migrants and their children who have acquired higher education degrees in Pakistan and have been awarded citizenship by India would be eligible for seeking employment in India after obtaining security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs," it added.

UGC & AICTE has advised students not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education. pic.twitter.com/L1vl5XmotQ

— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2022

According to a PTI report, the AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe siad, Indian students need to be advised which institutions and countries they should travel for education so that they don't land up with a degree without parity with Indian regulations.

Similarly, UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said, "UGC and AICTE issue such public notices in the interest of Indian students who would like to pursue higher studies outside the country,” the report quoted him as saying. 

"In the recent past, we have seen how our students had to face difficulties because they could not go back to the foreign countries to continue their studies," he said.
In 2019, the UGC had issued an advisory against studying in institutes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.