Single regulator for higher education eyed

A three-council commission will serve as the single higher education regulator, tasked with enforcing outcome-based accreditation, setting academic standards, and granting graded autonomy to institutions, a bill the government aims to table during the winter session to revamp the education system proposes.

- Saubhadra Chatterji & Sanjay Maurya

According to the bill, a copy of which HT has seen, the new commission will help universities and other higher educational institutions “become independent self-governing institutions and promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy”. The