The Puducherry Higher Education Council Act, 2025
The Puducherry Higher Education Council Act, 2025
The Puducherry Higher Education Council Act, 2025, establishes a statutory body to oversee, coordinate, and advise on higher education within the Union Territory of Puducherry. The Act creates the Puducherry Higher Education Council, which acts as an advisory and regulatory interface between the government, universities, and educational institutions. Its primary mandate involves planning academic reforms, monitoring institutional standards, and advising the government on policy matters, including grants and new university establishments. This legislation impacts students, teachers, and academic institutions by streamlining administrative coordination, promoting academic excellence, and ensuring that higher education aligns with employment needs and national standards.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Constitution of the Council
- 4. Disqualifications
- 5. Powers, General functions, Academic functions and Advisory functions of the Council
- 6. The Chairperson
- 7. The Vice-Chairperson
- 8. The Member-Secretary
- 9. Meetings of the Council
- 10. Terms and conditions of appointment of the Vice-Chairperson, the Member-Secretary and the Members
- 11. Removal from Membership
- 12. Filling up of casual vacancy
- 13. Funds of the Council
- 14. Annual Accounts and Audit
- 15. Annual Report
- 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17. Staff of the Council
- 18. Members and Staff of the Council to be public servants
- 19. Power to make rules and regulations
- 20. Power to remove difficulties and laying of rules/orders before Legislative Assembly
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