National Education Policy, of 2020 allow what?

The National Education Policy, of 2020, envisages a legislative framework to allow top global universities to operate in India.

Status of Foreign University Campuses in India

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Criteria: Top 500 global rankings or reputed universities shall be eligible to apply and will be granted approval to operate for 10 years.
Application: The application will be considered by a standing committee appointed by the UGC which will submit its recommendations within 45 days.
Autonomy: The regulations provide foreign institutions complete autonomy to hire faculty and other staff members either from abroad or in India.
Fund Management: Foreign universities will be allowed to repatriate funds to parent campuses.

Global Destination: This shall prove to be an excellent move and will pave the way for India to become a global destination for education.

No Brain Drain: This move will help prevent brain drain and loss of forex due to Indian students studying overseas and attract overseas students to India.
- It is to be noted that after Chinese students, Indians are the largest category of foreign students in countries like the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.
Promote Competition: It will also encourage competition among various players in the country, and allow faculty-to-faculty research collaboration among various universities.

Representation: Draft regulations have no provisions for caste-based/economic-based/minority-based/armed forces-based/Divyang-based/women reservation in student admissions.
Social Justice: As per a school of thought, this move might facilitate foreign universities for the welfare of coaching institutes, not students.
- Hence, the social justice concerns might be ignored which are imperative where higher education is a very effective means for social change.
Cost: Allowing international universities to operate in India might raise the cost of education, rendering it out of reach for a large part of the population.
Fund: Repatriation of funds to the parent institution abroad, which was prohibited previously, has also been allowed.
- There’s also no requirement for foreign education providers to maintain a corpus fund to operate in India.
Ambiguity: It is being said that there is no clarity on the constitution and composition of the UGC standing committee for monitoring the operation of campuses of foreign HEIs in India.