The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill to declare the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) established under the public-private partnership (PPP) route as Institutes of National Importance (INIs).
During the discussion before the passage of the Bill, Minister of Human Resource Development (MoHRD) Prakash Javadekar said that as PPP did not mean there would be fee hikes. He said fees were not the only source of revenue for the institutions, and they would raise funds from research grants and projects.
“There might be a slight increase for those who have the capacity to bear. But for the poor [students], there will be scholarships,” he added. He also cautioned against resistance to the PPP model, saying much investment was required to make education competitive for increasing employability.
