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Recognition: Cabinet eases rules for higher edu institutions run by minorities

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December 07, 2024

THE state cabinet on Friday decided to free religious minority higher education institutions from certain rules, including enrolling 50% of students from minority communities, to get the minority status.

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Recognition: Cabinet eases rules for higher edu institutions run by minorities

It also decided that two-third of the staff of these institutions should be from respective minority communities.

The cabinet decided to publish the draft of the amendment to the Karnataka Educational Institutions (Terms and Conditions for Granting Recognition to Minority Educational Institutions) (College Education) (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024, in the Karnataka Gazette and invite objections or suggestions from the affected parties.

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