Not just the political parties, but even key stakeholders are opposed to the Bill. A coordination committee of teachers and students organisations described the Bill as an attempt to initiate a structural shift towards “dismantling” public funded higher education. The VBSA 2025 vests funding powers in the union education ministry by delinking funding and regulation. With the purse strings in its hands, the Centre could abuse it to coerce educational institutions into toeing its ideological line. There have been reports of the Centre withholding funds to states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for resisting some aspects of NEP 2020. Another example of petty politics is the centre refusing to disburse funds if the prime minister’s photograph was not displayed in ration shops.
The problem is with the intent of the Central Government and given the trust deficit, it needs wider consultation and should not be in a hurry to unilaterally bulldoze laws, especially when higher education impacts the future of millions of students.
Not just the political parties, but even key stakeholders are opposed to the Bill. A coordination committee of teachers and students organisations described the Bill as an attempt to initiate a structural shift towards “dismantling” public funded higher education. The VBSA 2025 vests funding powers in the union education ministry by delinking funding and regulation. With the purse strings in its hands, the Centre could abuse it to coerce educational institutions into toeing its ideological line. There have been reports of the Centre withholding funds to states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for resisting some aspects of NEP 2020. Another example of petty politics is the centre refusing to disburse funds if the prime minister’s photograph was not displayed in ration shops.
The problem is with the intent of the Central Government and given the trust deficit, it needs wider consultation and should not be in a hurry to unilaterally bulldoze laws, especially when higher education impacts the future of millions of students.
Not just the political parties, but even key stakeholders are opposed to the Bill. A coordination committee of teachers and students organisations described the Bill as an attempt to initiate a structural shift towards “dismantling” public funded higher education. The VBSA 2025 vests funding powers in the union education ministry by delinking funding and regulation. With the purse strings in its hands, the Centre could abuse it to coerce educational institutions into toeing its ideological line. There have been reports of the Centre withholding funds to states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for resisting some aspects of NEP 2020. Another example of petty politics is the centre refusing to disburse funds if the prime minister’s photograph was not displayed in ration shops.
The problem is with the intent of the Central Government and given the trust deficit, it needs wider consultation and should not be in a hurry to unilaterally bulldoze laws, especially when higher education impacts the future of millions of students.