District level HEI goal – UGC NET Question

NEP 2020 aims to ensure that students across the country have physical access to high-quality colleges and universities. It therefore proposes that by 2030, there should be at least one multidisciplinary HEI in or near every district. This supports equity, reduces migration pressures and improves local development.

Option A:
Restricting such institutions to metros would deepen regional inequalities and contradict NEP’s aims.

Option B:
This option captures the spatial expansion goal linked with multidisciplinary HEIs. It emphasises near-universal regional access by 2030.

Option C:
Solely online universities cannot fully substitute campus experiences, which NEP continues to value.

Option D:
Keeping HEIs only in state capitals ignores the vast rural and semi-urban population.