No proposal for setting up India Education Service: Satya Pal Singh

NEW DELHI: The government is not considering setting up an

India Education Service

for making appointments to the posts of chancellor, vice chancellor, pro-chancellor and registrar in higher education institutions, the

Rajya Sabha

was informed on Thursday.


"There is no such proposal under consideration on the setting up of an India Education Service," Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh said in response to a written question.

"Currently, incumbents to the higher posts in higher educational institutions are being appointed in a transparent manner by following the provisions of recruitment rules framed for each such post," he said.