No jobs or higher education if you go to study in Pakistan: UGC & AICTE tell Indian students
UGC and AICTE stated to Indian students that Pakistan degrees wouldn"t be recognized in India.
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New Delhi, April 23: India’s higher education regulators – University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) advised Indian students not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing higher education. It also stated that such degrees wouldn't be recognized in India.
Secretary of UGC and Member Secretary, AICTE in joint advisory said that any Indian national/overseas citizen of India who intends to take admission in 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 advisroy said, "All concerned are advised not to travel to Pakistan for pursuing Higher Education. Any Indian national/Overseas Citizen of India who intends to take admitted to any degree college/educational institutional 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.
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The UGC and AICTE further informed students, "However, migrants and their children who have acquired higher education degrees in Pakistan and were awarded citizenship by India would be eligible for seeking employment in India after obtaining Security Clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs."
The number of Indian students studying in Pakistan is already miniscule. However, majority of students studying in Pakistan are from Jammu and Kashmir who enrolled in Pakistani universities at that time.