UP govt brings Ordinance to regulate pvt universities

UP govt brings Ordinance to regulate pvt universities

Uttar Pradesh government has brought in an Ordinance to make an umbrella Act to regulate, monitor and control the flourishing private universities in the state.
The proposal for the UP Private Universities Ordinance has been approved by the state cabinet here on Tuesday which will now be sent to the Rajbhawan for approval.

Later, this Ordinance would be tabled in the state legislature as a Bill during the coming monsoon session next month.

State government spokesperson Sidharthnath Singh said here that the Ordinance has been brought to regulate and control all the 27 private universities in the state besides the others which are under process.

“The government has made some new laws to improve the quality of the education in these private universities besides to secure the students future, when some of these universities fail to give degrees at the last moment,” he said.