State-aided university vice-chancellors have been asked to go through the Centre’s draft national education policy and submit their views to the state government within a week, higher education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Wednesday. He said most vice-chancellors had opposed the draft national education policy and several of its provisions. There is an attempt to ensure the Centre has more power in respect to several matters related to higher education, a vice-chancellor said. Speaking about seats going vacant, Chatterjee said several students had complained that their appeal for seats had been turned down by some colleges with vacant seats. “The vice-chancellors have been asked to ensure that no student is denied admission this way if there are vacant seats.

Source: The Telegraph July 17, 2019 21:05 UTC