Keypoints:
- Maharashtra government gives approval to set up 190 new colleges to various state universities.
- Out of these, 24 colleges will be included for Mumbai University, of which, 5 new colleges will come up in the city of Mumbai.
The government of Maharashtra has approved 190 new colleges for various state universities. Among them, there is approval for 24 new colleges for the university of Mumbai. Considering the addition of the new colleges, University of Mumbai would have over 850 colleges under its wing. This addition would make Mumbai university one of the larger Universities of the country.
Letter of intent has already been issued by the Maharashtra government to 190 colleges. Out of these, 166 have received total approval while 24 have received conditional approval. The 24 colleges coming under Mumbai University will have to fulfil certain criteria laid out by the government to get the official approval.
Approval has been given to 5 colleges for the City of Mumbai alone.
These 5 colleges include,
- Law college in Kandivali
- Three more law colleges in Thane district.
- Other proposed colleges are expected in Ghatkopar, Kurla, Borivli and Govandi.
- Law college run by Birla College is proposed for Kalyan.
- SNDT Women’s University has gotten an approval for 28 colleges across the state.
Most of the proposed colleges are already running schools or junior colleges in various districts of the state. The proposal was sent to the state government which has given its sanctions in two different resolutions issued on April 15 and May 17.
An official from the Ministry of Higher and Technical Education has shared that this move is to facilitate education accessibility, as it is outlined by National Education Policy. Accordingly, keeping this criteria in mind, the department has sanctioned the same for colleges that comply with the norms while others have been asked to fulfil the deficiencies.
With the addition of 24 new colleges in Mumbai University, an official said that the total number of affiliated colleges under the university will now cross the 850-mark, making it crucial for the state to bifurcate larger universities.
