Sibal regrets delay in clearance of education bills

Updated on: Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal regretted the delay in clearance of some education bills in Parliament including the Educational Malpractices Bill and Foreign Education Providers Bill, which are pending before Parliament.

"We have introduced about 14 legislations in Parliament. They are all pending .... for two years. Nobody wishes to debate them, nobody wishes to put them on the agenda," Sibal said.
 
"We (UPA) don't have majority in the Rajya Sabha. So if somebody says we will not allow the bills to come on the agenda, what can we do"? he said.
 
The minister noted that by 2020, 100 million additional heads would be part of the workforce from India only. By 2030, one third of the world's workforce would be provided by India.
 
Sibal felt there was a need for structural and administrative reforms and a collaborative approach for development of the education sector.
 
Supporting the opening up of the sector to private and foreign education providers, Sibal said the number of students of higher education could go up to 47 million from 17 million by 2020.

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