Govt not doing enough to regulate pvt/public higher education

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said not enough is being done by the government to effectively regulate the public and private higher education institutions to overcome quality and access issues respectively.

Simplification of the regulatory environment, single window approval system, certainty in government policies and effective monitoring and accreditation of higher education sector are the main recommendations emerging from a FICCI survey on 'Developing An Understanding Of Private Higher Education In India: A Stakeholder Perspective'.

The survey will be released at the Higher Education Summit on Private Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges, being organised here by FICCI in partnership with UGC on March 23-24, 2006.

The survey covers more than 4,000 respondents across 11 cities in the stakeholder segment, comprising students, parents, faculty, recruiters and promoters.

One of the main revelations of the survey is that although promoters of self-financing private Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) recognise the need for meeting regulatory requirements and getting affiliation and recognition, the topmost challenge perceived by them is the uncertainty and the complexity of government regulatory environment whereas, the least challenging issue was financing the institute.

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