Given below are two statements: Statement I: Institutional autonomy guarantees…
2020
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Institutional autonomy guarantees academic freedom.
Statement II: Academic freedom is not possible without institutional autonomy.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
- D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
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Correct answer: D
Academic freedom requires an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can pursue teaching, learning and research without undue external interference. Institutional autonomy helps create this environment and is therefore necessary. However, autonomy by itself does not guarantee academic freedom, because internal restrictions, governance practices or external pressures may still limit it. Hence Statement I is incorrect, while Statement II is correct.