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Bhatti Bats For States' Autonomy In Edu Sector
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|February 21, 2025
Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka criticised the new University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, likening it to a system where one is forced to pay the bill in a restaurant without being allowed to choose their meal.
Speaking at the National Convention on Higher Education organised in Thiruvananthapuram, Vikramarka said that the Centre, while expecting states to provide funds and run universities, was depriving them of any role in the appointment of vice-chancellors as well as admissions.
"If this situation is allowed to continue, then the states would be confined to cutting ribbons at the inauguration of buildings," he said sarcastically.
Vikramarka said that the education sector was in the concurrent list and it was not the monopoly of the Union government. "States should build educational institutions and systems suitable for their people and social setups. There would not be many similarities between any two states," he said and added that no state could provide quality education without autonomy.
This story is from the February 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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