New Delhi: Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) government recommends laws for regulating the entry and functioning of foreign educational institutions in India. Moreover, the MHRD also proposes to introduce a Bill to this effect in the Parliament.
Presently, a large number of foreign educational institutions are reported to be operating in the country. However, in the absence of any regulatory framework, the details of such institutes are not known. As the Bill is proposed to be introduced, the entire spectrum of views would be examined appropriately.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), D. Purandeswari, in her written reply to Rajya Sabha, mentioned that it has been considered necessary to put in place a legal framework to facilitate the entry of reputed foreign educational institutions, preventing entry and operation of sub-standard institutions, to provide Indian students access to innovative areas of studies, enhanced research opportunities, increase in enrolment, and attracting foreign investments to achieve the targeted Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education.
