31.6% more female students compared to 2014: Dharmendra Pradhan

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to establish the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana.

The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed by a voice vote with the House rejecting some amendments moved by opposition members.

Speaking in the House, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said if any student's life is lost in any campus "we as a society should be responsible for it".


Citing achievements of his government, Pradhan said today there is an increase of 31.6% in number of female students when compared to 2014. In the last two months, over 11,000 vacant posts in the academics have been filled up, he said. More than 700 Eklavya schools are being built in the tribal concentrated blocks, he added.

The CBSE, Pradhan said, will slowly come out with teaching material in 22 scheduled languages.

Pradhan said new universities, colleges and qualitative higher educational institutes are being opened in India and as a result, new courses are being offered to the students.

He said IIT Delhi is going to open its campus in Abu Dhabi and in few days the classes will begin there.

Private universities of India, he said, are going abroad and students from across the globe are eager to come to India.