Higher education bill in LS gets Oppn’s ‘centralisation’ flak

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan ‘on Monday introduced ‘The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025’ in Lok Sabha, which seeks to establish a three-council commission as a single higher education regulator, tasked with enforcing outcome-based accreditation, setting academic standards, and granting graded autonomy to higher education institutions.

- Sanjay Maurya

Pradhan said the legislation seeks to establish the ‘Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan’ to set standards, coordinate regulation, and promote excellence, autonomy, and transparent accreditation in higher education institutions. He said the legislation seeks to “facilitate the universities and other higher educational institutions to become independent self-governing institutions...”