The National Education Policy (2020) envisages having a large multidisciplinary higher education institution in or near every district of the country by the year

The National Education Policy envisages a large multidisciplinary higher education institution in or near every district by the year 2030.

The target of 2025 is too early for such a wide expansion of institutional access.

The year 2035 comes after the policy's stated district-level milestone for this goal.

The year 2040 marks the horizon for other long-term reforms, not this particular institutional target.

The aim is to widen access, raise the gross enrolment ratio and reduce regional disparity.

The policy also seeks to raise the gross enrolment ratio in higher education to fifty percent by 2035.