JAIPUR: State higher education department has failed to effectively implement the Rajasthan Private Universities Laws, 2018 or bylaws brought by the previous government, to ensure transparency in higher education. The move aspires to improve the quality of education and create job opportunities for the students.The laws have not been adopted by any of the private universities, other than one in Udaipur. The new statutes say that every varsity has to establish finance committees along with a provision of having chief finance officer (CFO). “Every financial requisition has to pass through the CFO,” says the rule, to ensure that no financial irregularity takes place. When it comes to recruitment, the new law says that it has to be done in sync with the UGC norms.The private universities follow a very common practice of appointing near and dear ones on posts such as registrar and on various non-teaching posts. “The rules say that registrar has to be either a retired government employee or a former registrar,” said K B Kothari, an educationist. He added that the provision of having deputy director-level government official in the Board of Management will help in government having its say in fees, attendance, examinations, curriculum, PhD etc. It also says that every university has to send an annual report to the government detailing about its teaching and non-teaching departments. They also have to upload the vital information like teachers and their qualifications, students with their enrolments and facilities, with real-time updates and changes, if any. Sources said that none of the universities has shown interest in implementing these laws. “The laws were passed in the last leg of the previous government. The new government should take a lead and ensure that they should, before the new admission session, introduce it,” said Kothari.Due to irregularity in laws, Rajasthan has recorded highest growth of 70% in PhD registrations in 2017-18. It, however, turned out that several PhDs were awarded to those who rarely visited the varsity.

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