The government has undertaken to set up non-state universities through the Board of Investment (BoI), leaving aside the Higher Education Ministry only to standardize such academic institutions, officials said yesterday.
The government’s decision to set up private universities through the Board of Investment has met with a positive response from several foreign universities wishing to invest capital and set up affiliated universities and colleges from leading universities abroad. Ten universities from the United Kingdom and India have already sought approval to set up such institutions.