{"id":9080,"date":"2026-04-04T18:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9080"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:58:01","slug":"130025167-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9080","title":{"rendered":"Jammu &#038; Kashmir opens higher education for private sector | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130025383,imgsize-666666,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130025383.jpg\" alt=\"Jammu &amp; Kashmir opens higher education for private sector\" title=\".\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir assembly Saturday passed a bill that allows establishment of private universities in the union territory. Education minister Sakeena Itoo, who moved the Jammu and Kashmir Private Universities Bill, 2026, said it will boost higher education in J&amp;K and numerous students will benefit from it.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The bill also aims to regulate the functioning, management and academic standards of the private universities \u201cfor ensuring quality education and protecting the interests of students\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The minister rejected suggestions that there should be quota in the proposed universities for those coming from below poverty line and reserved categories, saying such moves discourage private investors.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah of NC called the bill historic. \u201cWe have been demanding this for a long time,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThousands of our students go outside J&amp;K for education every year, which drains our economy.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/jammu-kashmir-opens-higher-education-for-private-sector\/articleshow\/130025167.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir assembly Saturday passed a bill that allows establishment of private universities&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[724,22862,723,22859,719,720,721,22860,22858,22861,722],"class_list":["post-9080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breaking-news","tag-education-minister-sakeena-itoo","tag-google-news","tag-higher-education-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-bill-2026","tag-jammu-and-kashmir-private-universities","tag-private-sector-universities-in-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}