Posted: Post Date – Fri 11/11/22 10:54pm
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Hyderabad: Think about this. The All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) 2019-20, released by the United Ministry of Education, reported that the number of private universities in the country increased from 276 in 2015-16 to 407 in 2019-20. These do not include the more than 130 private universities that may be established in different countries.
Think about it too. The BJP government in Gujarat passed the Gujarat Private Universities Amendment Bill 2022 in March this year, promoting the establishment of 11 new private universities in the state. According to Gujarat Education Minister Jituwa Ghani, in 2002 there were 11 universities in Gujarat, which has now increased to 91 universities, including 52 private universities.
Then, add this. So far, there are only five private universities in Telangana.
Still, Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan accused the Telangana government of commercializing education by promoting private universities during a politically charged press conference in Raj Bhavan the other day.
“Education is not for sale. Why is there a need to bring in so many private universities?” she asked.
In fact, the Governor also forgot that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had invited the private sector to enter the field of education “in a big way”, especially medical education, asking countries to develop “good policies” for land allocation for such efforts. That was the second of this year. moon. Earlier, Modi announced at the Patna University Centennial Celebration in 2017 to provide aid of Rs 10,000 crore to 10 private universities and an equal number of government universities over five years. “All these universities have to do is show their potential to be world-class universities,” he said.
The Governor also forgot that prior to Telangana, many other states, including BJP-ruled states, had enacted their own private university policies and encouraged such initiatives.
Generally speaking, educational institutions are divided into national public universities, national private universities, regarded as private universities, regarded as public universities, central universities and national key colleges.
Private universities are established under Acts of the relevant national legislatures. The University Grants Committee (UGC) places its name on the University List under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act of 1956 upon receipt of the appropriate State Act.
Statutory Universities may confer degrees under Section 22 of the UGC Act 1956, when required and in accordance with regulations notified by the UGC from time to time, with the appropriate approval of its governing and statutory committees. In short, any state must allow private universities with UGC approval under the rules and regulations.
Just seven months ago, the Governor forgot to question the Gujarat government, which passed a bill allowing the opening of 11 private universities. These include a special institution called Adani University in Ahmedabad, for which the Gujarat Assembly unanimously passed a bill seeking to establish the university under the Gujarat Private Universities Act. The other universities are Gandhinagar University, Gandhinagar University, SKIPS University, Gandhinagar University, Swaminarayan University, Gandhinagar University, Dr. Subhash University, Junagadh University, Nobel University, Junagadh University, Trans Stadia University, Ahmedabad University, MK University, Patan University, Vidhyadeep University, Surat, Maganbhai Adenwala Mahagujarat University, Kheda and Lok Bharathi Rural Innovation University, Bhavnagar.
