Private college administrators were concerned about an element in the bill that would require them to pay fees, including a $2,000 annual fee for every in-state private institution and $500 if a college wishes to modify its academic program.
The government’s decision to set up private universities through the Board of Investment has met with a positive response from several foreign universities wishing to invest capital and set up affiliated universities and colleges from leading universities abroad. Ten universities from the United Kingdom and India have already sought approval to set up such institutions.
The state government has decided to introduce a bill that would facilitate the setting up of private universities in Bihar, a move that would herald a new era in the higher education sector.
The state government is working on a Bill that will be presented in the state assembly for the framing of an Act to facilitate the opening of private universities in the state. It would be tabled in the state assembly during the current session itself, said education minister P K Shahi on Wednesday.
Portugal’s private University Fernando Pessoa, or UFP, is planning to set up a second branch in France – despite a complaint filed last year by French Higher Education Minister Geneviève Fioraso that installation of its first university centre in France was against the law.
Proposed legislation in the N.C. House may achieve what a pending case in the N.C. Supreme Court also seeks to accomplish — provide public access to police records at the state’s private colleges and universities.
The government's move to bring a Bill for facilitating the opening of private universities in the state has evoked mixed response among the academics. While some have reservations against the private sector investment in higher education, others are not opposed to the idea of opening private universities.
The Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) on Friday alleged that there was large-scale corruption in granting permission to establish over a dozen private universities in the State.
Speaking at a meeting to seek ways to save private universities, held with representatives from the Vietnam Private Universities Association (VIPUA) on March 5, the deputy minister said a number of universities would have to merge to improve their operations and meet enrollment quotas.
Instead of the present-day 66 private universities, Kazakhstan will have no more than 30, Science and Education Minister Bakytzhan Zhumagulov said February 26, according to KazTAG.
Prof. Francis Kofi Ampanyin Allotey is calling on government to support Private Universities in the country so they can help in producing the human resource base of the country.
In the run-up to Karnataka’s forthcoming assembly polls, the B S Yeddyurappa-led KJP has sought to put the ruling BJP on the defensive by alleging large-scale corruption in the Jagadish Shettar regime’s decision in favour of granting permission to establish over a dozen of private universities in the State.
La crisis en la Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA) ha sido clave para acrecentar la desconfianza de los jóvenes con un sistema que no garantiza la calidad de su educación. Todas las instituciones que han sido investigadas por acreditaciones fraudulentas y lucro han registrado bajas considerables en sus matrículas de primer año para 2013, al punto de que al menos 36 carreras se han cerrado por falta de interesados. CIPER recorrió las sedes en Santiago de cada una de esas instituciones y constató en terreno que, mientras la fiscalía y el Ministerio de Educación indagan las irregularidades, los jóvenes se muestran reticentes a inscribirse en establecimientos cuestionados.
A nivel de educación superior los centros privados obtienen menor calificación que los públicos, mientras que a nivel de primaria y secundaria la situación es distinta.
Veinticinco escuelas y colegios privados, y seis universidades privadas le adeudan un total de ¢222 millones a la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) por concepto de las cuotas obrero patronales.