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Kerala to rally other states to fight new regulations of UGC


Published on 2025-01-15 00:22:34 - MSN
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  • KOCHI: Worried over new UGC regulations, which it feels would rob the state universities of their autonomy, the Kerala government is planning to garner the support of other state governments to exert concerted pressure on the Union government to withdraw the contentious clauses in the proposed guidelines.

The article discusses Kerala's opposition to the new regulations proposed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding the establishment of foreign university campuses in India. Kerala's Higher Education Minister, R. Bindu, has expressed concerns that these regulations could undermine the autonomy of state universities and potentially lead to the commercialization of higher education. Kerala plans to rally other states to challenge these regulations, arguing that they favor foreign institutions at the expense of local educational bodies. The state government is particularly worried about the implications for social justice, equity, and the quality of education. Kerala aims to discuss these issues in a meeting of state education ministers to formulate a collective response to the UGC's draft norms.

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