Section 5
Objects of the University.
The English and Foreign Languages University Act, 2006
About this Act
An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University for promotion and development of English and other Foreign Languages and their Literature, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The objects of the University shall be to disseminate and advance
knowledge by providing instructional, research and extension facilities in the teaching of English and
Foreign Languages and Literature in India; to train language teachers in methods and approaches
appropriate to the Indian context; to provide expertise in language and teacher education to foreign
professionals; to evolve indigenous ways of testing of languages proficiency; to make provisions for innovative teaching-learning materials in both print and electronic media; to take appropriate measures
for inter-disciplinary studies and research in Literary and Cultural Studies; and to develop critical
intercultural understanding of the civilizations.