India, March 25 -- The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Bill, 2025, paving the way for the setting up of private universities in the state nearly 10 years after the previous Congress-led regime proposed the idea.

The Bill would allow private individuals and entities to formally apply to set up educational campuses in the state and is expected to redefine the higher education sector in the state especially amid high outward migration of students from Kerala to foreign countries.

The private universities bill was passed by voice-vote on the last day of the budget session of the Assembly following frenetic discussions and debates on it among the ruling LDF and opposition...