The Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been passed to further amend the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006.
The Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was tabled on the first day of the ongoing winter session of the Haryana Assembly, has been passed. The Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has been passed to further amend the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006.
Speaking about the same, an official spokesperson said that there is a need for the creation and expansion of educational institutions for improving opportunities of higher education for the youth of the state.
Along with this, three other bills were also tabled in the House including, The Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021, The Haryana Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2021, and The Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
“In order to accommodate the unprecedented growth of students in higher education, and also to cross the target of 50 percent gross enrollment ratio (GER), as per National Education Policy, 2020, we need to roughly double the number of institutions at all levels by 2021,” the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the government intervention will not be adequate to meet this benchmark in higher education.
"We need to enlist the participation of the private sector in a major way. Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006 has been brought essentially to rope in the private sector to supplement the initiative of the government in expanding the capacity in higher education and upscaling its standards. Besides this, to achieve the objectives enshrined in the Act, a proposal has been made to set up Geeta University in Panipat,” the spokesperson added.
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