Section 6
University to be open to all caste, creed, race or class.
The National Sports University Act, 2018
About this Act
An Act to establish and incorporate a National Sports University in the State of Manipur, a specialised University first of its kind, to promote sports education in the areas of sports sciences, sports technology, sports management and sports coaching besides functioning as the national training centre for select sports disciplines by adopting best international practices and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The University shall be open to
persons of any sex and of whatever caste, creed, race or class, and it shall not be lawful for the
University to adopt or impose on any person, any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in
order to entitle such person to be appointed as a teacher of the University or to hold any other office
therein or to be admitted as a student in the University or to graduate thereat or to enjoy or exercise
any privilege thereof:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens:
Provided further that no such special provision shall be made on the ground of domicile.
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the University from making special provisions for the employment or admission of women, persons with disabilities or of persons belonging to the weaker sections of the society and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the other socially and educationally backward classes of citizens:
Provided further that no such special provision shall be made on the ground of domicile.