Maha Govt moots Act against fake educational institutes

Updated on: Thursday, January 07, 2010

Mumbai: Maharashtra Government has decided to come up with a law to keep a check on unauthorised educational institutes in the state.

"Taking standards of education in such institutes into consideration and complaints of cheating, we have decided to take strict action under the proposed Unauthorised Institutes Act," Higher and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Tope said today.

If the Act comes into force, Maharashtra would be the first state to take curb fake educational institutes. The draft of the Act has been prepared by the Department and it would be soon sent to Law and Judiciary Department for legal opinion, he said.

The Government has decided to have the separate Act after the Bombay High Court's direction on a PIL in 2008, to seal the premises of some fake institutes and initiate criminal action against their managements, a senior official from the department said.

In 2008, the High Court had order shutting down of 20 private colleges in the state for not having approval of the All India Council of Technical Education. Currently, only diploma and degree courses are required to take permission from the various departments including Board of Technical Education, Environment, Examination Board and University concerned.

However, registration with these departments does not assure any guarantee from the institutes about the quality of education or functioning style, the official said.

Maha Govt moots Act against fake educational institutes

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