Move aims to expand higher education capacity and advance NEP 2020 goals
Chandigarh: The Haryana Cabinet, which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini here today, approved a proposal of moving a Bill for the establishment of a private university, namely Kusum International University, Rewari, by way of an amendment to the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006. This Act may be called the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Act, 2026.
There is a need for creation and expansion of educational institutions for improving opportunities of higher education for the youth of the State. In order to accommodate the unprecedented growth of students in higher education, and also to cross the target of 50% gross enrolment ratio (GER), as per National Education Policy, 2020 we need to roughly double the number of institutions at all levels by 2030. The government intervention would not be adequate to meet this benchmark in higher education. We need to enlist the participation of the private sector in a major way. Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006 has been brought essentially to rope in the private sector to supplement the initiative of the Government in expanding the capacity in higher education and upscaling its standards.
To achieve the objectives enshrined in the Act, the Council of Ministers have approved a proposal to move a Bill to set up Kusum International University in Rewari.
