is planning to bring in a piece oflegislationas part of exploring limited Options to maintain control over thedeemed to be universitiesthat are about to come up in the state inprivate sectorsooner than later.
As part of the move, the state higher Education department has issued an order early this month engaging theKerala state higher education council(KSHEC) to prepare and submit to the government a detailed report on the broad outline within which the deemed to beuniversities can be allowed to function. The order clearly mentions what triggered the department to order an immediate study by the council.
The UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations 2019 leaves little elbow to the state government to exercise discretionary powers to resist or deny eligible institutions from seeking and obtaining deemed to be university status from the UGC. According to the regulations, an institution applying for the deemed to be university status should satisfy a set of eligibility conditions such as it should have been in existence for not less than 20 years, should have NAAC accreditation with at least 3.26 CGPA for three consecutive cycles. In case of technical institutions, two-third of the eligible programmes should be accredited by NBA.