Police education varsity still a distant dream

Updated on: Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Home Affairs Minister Ajay Maken said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today that the government currently has no proposal to set up any university / college for Police Education.

The need for a 'National Police University' dedicated to research and dissemination of knowledge through education in police related subjects had been felt for quite some time in the country.

The approximate financial implication for the proposed University was estimated at Rs.350 crores, apart from recurring expenditure of Rs.25 crores per annum. Accordingly, a proposal was submitted to the Cabinet and 'in principle' approval was obtained in May, 2008.

The proposal to set up the university had been withdrawn in view of the inherent merits in conducting such courses through existing universities.

A press release from the cabinet earlier had said that keeping in view the large requirement of resources, land, manpower etc. for the National Police University, an alternate proposal of conducting courses on police related subjects by networking the existing universities was considered.

It was found that the objectives of establishing the National Police University can be met by pursuing the alternate proposal in a lesser time by utilizing the existing infrastructure in various universities. In the above background, it was felt that the proposal for National Police University may be dropped.

The press release had further added that "setting up of a full-fledged university would mean a further investment in the areas where capacity already exists. Therefore, the alternate proposal of organizing courses in police related subjects in the existing universities appear to be a better option."

Police education varsity still a distant dream

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