The Centre has decided to launch National Higher education Campaign, Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan, to focus on equity based development, improvement in teaching-learning quality and research.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju said this while interacting with media and academics at IIT, Guwahati. Dr.Raju said that under it, funds will be provided to public Universities and Colleges so that higher educational institutes do not rely heavily on the affiliation fees.

The Minister said, with the implementation of the scheme, the Universities can give more emphasize on life-skill development activities which would ultimately help in employment generation.