Question : PRIVATE RANKING OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

(a) whether it is a fact that several publications in the country do their own private rankings of educational institutions every year;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether these publications charge money in terms of advertisements to let the institutions figure in their ran king list; and

(d) if so, the regulations put in place to stop these publications from misguiding the students in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. Shashi Tharoor)

(a) to (c) : Several private publications are publishing their rankings of private institutions based on their own methodology. The Ministry does not maintain any information in this regard.

(d) : There is no such proposal pending in the Ministry.