Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill 2025 will be reviewed following instruction from Chief Minister M K Stalin, State Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhiaan said on Saturday.

The decision to review the Bill comes in the wake of protests from political parties including the opposition AIADMK and ruling DMK’s ally the CPI, besides the Association of University Teachers (AUT) that the bill in the present form would create Brownfield Universities, allowing existing private colleges including government-aided institutions to be converted into private universities.

The amendment also introduces a minority private university category for institutions set up by linguistic and religious minorities under Article 30 of the Constitution. Also, it aims to reduce the minim

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