Assam’s new policy: Security clearance mandatory for opening nursing and medical colleges
- In Reports
- 07:27 PM, Aug 22, 2024
- Myind Staff
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on 21st August, that a new law will soon be introduced mandating security clearance for anyone seeking to open nursing, medical, or dental colleges in the state.
In a media briefing, CM Sarma stated, "A new law will be introduced in the Cabinet that going forward anyone opting to open nursing, medical, or dental college will require security clearance. Till now there was no security clearance in our system...but the Central government takes a report from IB before giving any clearance and in Assam, we are incorporating the clause in two-three months."
Sarma highlighted concerns regarding institutions from Kerala attempting to establish facilities in Barak Valley and Barpeta. He referred to a suspicious verification report from the Special Branch, leading to the introduction of the new security clearance requirement.
The Chief Minister further elaborated on his X handle, writing, "Some institutions from Kerala are keen to open universities in the Muslim-majority areas of Assam. Congress had a policy of easily allowing any rich institution to open a university. From now on, our government will allow opening of universities only after getting Security Clearance from the Special Branch."
Earlier, CM Sarma had also been critical of a private university in Meghalaya, attributing the massive flooding in Guwahati to it. He described the university's architecture as "Mecca-like" and criticised such institutions for "destroying the education system."
The university in question is the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM), located in Ri-Bhoi district, near the Assam border. Sarma remarked, “It’s embarrassing to go there, you have to go under ‘Mecca’. What we are saying is that there should be a namghar (traditional Assamese place of worship), there also. ‘Mecca-Medina’, a church. Make all three—They have kept a ‘Mecca’ there. Let them make a namghar, make a church. We will walk under all three, why will we walk under just one.”
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