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Former Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Anna University E. Balagurusamy has urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to retreat the precocious introduced Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
In a missive to the Chief Minister connected Sunday, a transcript of which was shared with the media, helium highlighted that the conversion of government-aided colleges to backstage universities would pb to the dilution of nationalist control, uncertainty for module and staff, and imaginable withdrawal of authorities support. “The backstage assemblage presumption tin pb to a steep summation successful fees, reducing entree for students from economically and socially weaker sections who trust connected affordable aided-college education,” helium contended.
The State authorities connected Saturday decided to reappraisal what Higher Education Minister Govi. Chezhiaan called the “Draft” Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, successful effect to pushback from teachers’ bodies and a conception of MLAs. The Bill was passed by the Assembly connected October 18. “The dilution of preservation policies and societal justness measures threatens equitable entree to higher acquisition and undermines decades of advancement successful inclusive education,” Mr. Balagurusamy added.
He besides pointed retired that teachers and non-teaching unit of aided colleges volition fearfulness nonaccomplishment of occupation security, pension benefits, and government-scale wage extortion upon conversion. He besides further added that the projected simplification successful onshore requirements and the accelerated conversion process whitethorn effect successful inadequate scrutiny of infrastructure, module strength, and fiscal sustainability.
Mr. Balagurusamy urged the State to clasp consultations with each stake-holders earlier introducing immoderate amendments to the Act.
