Minority University proposed by Assam Govt.

Updated on: Thursday, March 08, 2012

Assam government has sent a proposal to Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal recently for setting up a university for minorities, who constitute about 30 per cent of the state's population. "state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, the Minister has assured us about looking into the issue".

During the recent meeting of education ministers in New Delhi The proposal was put before Sibal. Under it Assam would have an university on the lines of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia, which have been granted the status of minority university.

"Institutions like AMU and Jamia have set up standards of excellence in education. We need to emulate the practice," Sarma said.

Assam has also demanded that the Centre provide financial assistance to state universities in line with central universities to make them more competitive, he added.

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