Rajasthan to regulate private varsities

Commission to set minimum standards for all higher educational institutions

March 30, 2015 04:09 am | Updated 04:09 am IST - JAIPUR

To check the unregulated growth of private universities with questionable credentials in the State, the Rajasthan government is setting up a commission to set minimum standards for universities and other higher educational institutions. With many coaching institutes allegedly cheating and fleecing students, guidelines will be issued for them too. Announcing this in the Assembly, Higher Education Minister Kali Charan Saraf said the government had prepared the draft of the State Regulatory Commission Bill, and on enacting it, all universities would come under the purview of the panel.

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