Maharashtra government on Friday, November 25, announced that it is planning to make the voter registration compulsory for students above 18 years of age to get their admission done in colleges.
In this regards, the government will issue a resolution mandating students to get their voter registration done for getting admission to colleges.
In addition to this, the government plans to introduce four-year degree courses from June 2023 as mandated under the National Education Policy (NEP) which is mandatory for the universities to implement, shared Chandrakant Patil, Minister of State, Higher and Technical Education.
Patil further added that the government will soon constitute a committee of retired vice-chancellors to address the concerns of vice chancellors over the implementation of the NEP.
He further said, as against the goal of attaining the enrolment of 50 lakhs students in the higher education system, Maharashtra has enrolment of only 32 lakh students.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde noted: “The state government has decided to make suitable amendments in the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 to make the selection process of vice chancellors and pro-vice chancellors in sync with the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC).”
The minister called upon universities to run a campaign to improve the enrolment percentage. He also emphasised there was a need to take into cognisance the recommendations of NEP regarding providing education in mother tongue and skill development.
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