On Thursday, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that no final decision has been taken on merging the University Grants Commission and the All India Council of Technical Education.
Last year, the Human Resource Development Ministry proposed to replace the UGC by repealing the UGC Act, 1951. A draft bill regarding the same was also put in the public domain and later it was decided that the Higher Education Commission of India will also take over AICTE.
This year, in September, the minister said that the bill is in final stages and will be presented before the Union Cabinet in October.
"The Higher Education Commission of India will be a single regulator and replace UGC and AICTE. The bill has been prepared after elaborate consultation with states. It will be taken to the Cabinet in October," Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tweeted.
UGC is a regulatory body for universities and AICTE acts as a regulatory body for engineering, pharmacy, management and other technical education colleges.
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UGC, AICTE merger is not finalized: HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
A draft bill regarding the same was also put in the public domain