Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 5: The University Grants Commission must first provide its initial approval for 10 years before foreign universities can open campuses in India. UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar provided explicit rules, stating that universities must meet all conditions in order to receive clearance.
In addition to Indian students, overseas students would also be able to attend those campuses, according to Kumar. He made it clear that colleges might choose their own admissions procedures.
He said only institutions among the world’s top 500 universities will be allowed to open campuses here.
“As they will conduct regular courses, their faculty will also be regular. Teachers will not be able to leave in the middle of a semester. Apart from this, the state and UGC guidelines will have to be followed regarding women’s safety and ragging on campus. They have to implement Indian laws only,” he said.
The UGC president reaffirmed that the best foreign universities that would offer instruction in India must make sure that the standard of their instruction stays the same as that of their main campus.
The character of higher education will alter, according to Prof. Jagdish Kumar, after campuses of international universities are established in India.
“Students will benefit from this. The draft guidelines prepared for the opening of foreign university campuses will be uploaded to the UGC website at 1 pm on January 5,” he said, adding that the move will boost the New Education Policy, 2020 (NEP).
