New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Friday approved the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill to establish a single, overarching regulator for higher education, previously known as the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, ThePrint has learnt.

The new body will set and enforce standards across sectors of higher education, except medical and legal education.

The bill, which is likely to be introduced in Parliament next week, aims to establish HECI as the sole authority responsible for coordinating and determining standards in higher education, research, and scientific and technical institutions nationwide. Show Full Article

When passed in Parliament, the bill will merge three existing regulators—the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (A

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