Shutdown Sword on Universities: Panel Flags HECI Bill as Threat to State Control
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 06 February 2025 | The Telegraph
A proposed bill by the education ministry that envisages a Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) with the power to shut down institutions citing infrastructure or faculty shortages will remove the control of the states over education and fuel privatisation, a parliamentary panel has said.
The parliamentary standing committee on education, headed by Congress member Digvijaya Singh, presented its report in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday on the review of education standards, accreditation process, research, examination reforms and academic environment in deemed and private universities and other higher education institutions…