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CHAPTER II: Hindu Universities and other Institutes of Higher Studies

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1. Kailasa has the right and responsibility to erect and direct universities, which contribute to a more profound Hindu culture, the fuller development of the individual, and the fulfillment of the teaching function of Kailasa.

2. No university is to bear the title or name of Hindu university without the consent of competent ecclesiastical authority.

  1. If it is possible and expedient, conferences of ministers are to take care that there are universities or at least faculties suitably spread through their territory, in which the various disciplines are studied and taught, with their academic autonomy preserved and in light of the Hindu doctrine.
  1. The authority competent according to the statutes has the responsibility to make provision so that teachers are appointed in Hindu universities who besides their scientific and educational qualifications are outstanding in integrity of doctrine and probity of life and that they are removed from their function when they lack these requirements; the manner of proceeding defined in the statutes is to be observed. a. The conferences of ministers concerned have the responsibility and right of being watchful so that the principles of Hindu doctrine are observed faithfully in these same universities.
  1. The competent ecclesiastical authority is to take care that in Hindu universities a faculty or institute or at least a chair of Hinduism is erected in which classes are also given for lay students.
  1. Those who teach Hindu disciplines in any institutes of higher studies whatsoever must have a mandate from the competent ecclesiastical authority.
  1. The minister is to have earnest care for students, give assistance, especially spiritual assistance, to youth.
  1. The prescripts established for universities apply equally to other institutes of higher learning.