University Body Announces Initiatives To Help Socioeconomically Underprivileged Groups

Guidelines for 'Equitable Opportunity to the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) in HEls' have been released by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The guidelines were created with consideration for the important suggestions made by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 regarding inclusive, equitable, and accessible higher education for the Sustainable Development Goals. All universities and higher education institutions have been requested by the commission to implement these guidelines in order to support students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.An official UGC announcement stated, "The NEP 2020 has specific provisions that are necessary to help India for addressing various challenges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all United Nations Member 2015, particularly the challenges related to achieving SDG-4 (quality education), SDG-5 (gender equality), SDG-I (no poverty), and SDG-8 (decent work and economic growth)."