Published Feb 08, 2023 | 4:10 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 08, 2023 | 4:10 PM
Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindhu speaking at an event. (drrbindhu/Facebook)
The Kerala government on Wednesday, 8 February, made it clear that it has not taken any policy decision to allow private deemed universities in the southern state.
Higher Education Minister R Bindhu informed the state Assembly that the government, however, constituted a five-member panel to study the report submitted to it by the state Higher Education Council in this regard and come up with its recommendations on the matter.
Her statement assumes significance in the wake of recent vehement criticism made by the Opposition Congress against the CPI(M)-led government’s reported move to give nod for private and deemed varsities in the state which the Marxist party had opposed all along.
“No policy decision has been taken (by the government) to permit private deemed universities in the state,” she said while replying to a question by UDF legislator Abid Hussain Thangal during Question Hour.
The committee is entrusted to study the report and submit its recommendations in this regard to the government, she said.
The panel comprises the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Higher Education), Chief Principal Secretary of the chief minister, Shyam B Menon (Professor, Delhi University) and Sabu Thomas (Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University), the minister added.
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