JPC To Back Govt's Higher Education Reform Bill, Recommend Stronger Safeguards
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is slated to endorse the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, while recommending several safeguards to address concerns raised
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is slated to endorse the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, while recommending several safeguards to address concerns raised by universities, state governments and education experts over centralisation of powers, cooperative federalism and institutional autonomy.
The draft report is to be adopted on the first day of the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, i.e., July 20. The Bill, introduced in
the Lok Sabha by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on December 15, 2025, seeks to overhaul India’s higher education regulatory framework by replacing the University
Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) with a single umbrella body, the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan. n18oc_breaking-news
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