Dominance of Private Universities Will Make Education Inaccessible to Underprivileged Students: Sudhakar
22 August 2024 | The Hindu
Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar lamented the “growing dominance of private universities in the education sector” and said that this trend was making education “increasingly inaccessible to underprivileged students”. He was speaking at the first convocation of Nrupathunga University in the city on Wednesday. Notably, the Minister raised the issue in the presence of M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, who delivered the convocation address.
Dr. Sudhakar pointed out that the National Institutional Ranking Framework rankings revealed a significant decline in the performance of public universities. “As many as 61% of public universities have seen a decline,” he said. “All public universities in Karnataka are facing financial, academic, and research challenges. We should work together to ensure we do not see a day when private universities dominate and ruin the academic prospects of underprivileged and unprivileged students,” he said, addressing Mr. Kumar…