The State government will introduce legislation to permit private universities in Kerala during the next Assembly session, Higher Education R. Bindu has said. She added that the government endorsed the idea of private universities and the contours of the proposed legislation were being finalised.
The Minister was speaking at a seminar on higher education in Kerala organised as part of the Keraleeyam festival here on Monday. The Commission for Reforms in Higher Education had also urged the government to formulate a Kerala State Private Universities Bill.
