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Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar said that the State authorities cannot modulate overseas universities, which volition beryllium functioning successful Karnataka, connected the fees, preservation of seats for autochthonal students, and different Constitution-based reservations.
Addressing a property league connected Thursday, November 20, helium said that overseas universities are autonomous institutions similar backstage universities and deemed-to-be universities and person received support straight from the University Grants Commission (UGC).
“We person provided the indispensable infrastructure for these universities to run successful our State. Otherwise, each administrative decisions, including fees, curriculum, examinations, are up to the respective universities,” helium said.
“The rules for providing preservation to native, mediocre and meritorious students cannot beryllium imposed connected overseas universities. However, Lancaster University of United Kingdom (UK), which volition found its field successful Bengaluru, has voluntarily agreed to supply preservation to mediocre and meritorious students. It would beryllium bully if different overseas universities besides travel this. But this regularisation cannot beryllium imposed connected them,” helium said.
However, students who spell overseas to survey nether the assistance of Scheduled Caste/Tribe (SC/ST) and different constitutionally based reservations volition beryllium considered for enrolment successful overseas universities here. This requires the consent of the acrophobic departments, helium stated.
SEP not applicable
Responding to different query, the Minister clarified that the State Education Policy (SEP) volition not beryllium applicable for overseas universities. “When we don’t person that close connected backstage and deemed-to-be universities, however tin we enforce it connected overseas universities?” helium questioned.
The State authorities has besides decided to constitute to the UGC seeking clarity connected pupil grievances successful the lawsuit of overseas universities winding up suddenly.
“In specified a situation, determination is nary clarity connected the aboriginal of the students arsenic overseas universities are not nether the power of the authorities government,” Dr. Sudhakar said, directing the officials to survey the conditions imposed by the UGC for overseas universities and taxable a report.
Meanwhile, helium said that overseas universities mounting up their campuses successful Karnataka volition beryllium beneficial for students arsenic not galore tin spend to spell abroad.
Meeting with Minister
Sharing details aft gathering the delegation pb by UK curate for Indo Pacific Seema Malhotra, Dr. Sudhakar said that helium has requested the UK authorities to summation the fig of students eligible for the Chevening assistance programme from Karnataka. “We person besides projected dual grade programmes and probe centres astatine our universities successful collaboration with universities from the UK,” helium added.
