Funding for state varsities need to be increased: UGC official

University Grants Commission today stressed on the need to increase the funding for state universities to bring an end to the mismatch between them and central varsities.
Funding for state universities needed to be increased as there was a mismatch between them and the central universities, UGC Vice-Chairman Dr H Devaraj said.
"While 641 state universities together get a sum of Rs 9,500 crore only, the 44 Central Universities were allocated Rs 10,000 crore," he said at a function in a college in nearby Pollachi.
"This needs to be corrected," a release from the NGM College quoting Devaraj said.
He also stressed on the need to have a greater focus on skill based training.