Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
Understanding the division of powers, federalism in practice, the legislative process at the state level, and the implications of state laws on a critical sector like education. It also highlights potential areas of friction between state governments and autonomous bodies or central regulations.
Education is a subject on the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution, allowing both the Union and State governments to legislate on it. State legislatures, therefore, have significant powers to enact laws governing the administration, regulation, and functioning of educational institutions within their jurisdiction, including universities and colleges.