Special
dispensation to enable all un-covered Higher Education Institutions of JK to
get their NAAC Accreditation: MHRD
SRINAGAR, AUGUST
3: In a day-long workshop held here today, Chief Secretary B.V.R.
Subrahmanyam today highlighted the importance of knowledge improvement of
quality education.
He said that the
present dispensation is holding education as a topmost priority and will
provide full support to higher education institutions for the enhancement of
quality education in the State.
The Chief
Secretary was speaking at a one-day workshop organized by the Department of
Higher Education in collaboration with National Higher Education Resource Centre
on the roadmap for quality enhancement in Education Institutions of J&K at
SKICC here.
On the occasion,
Commissioner Secretary Higher Education, in her welcome address, highlighted
the available opportunity and possible challenges which might be encountered in
the pursuit of the targets of quality enhancement and excellence.
She stressed upon
the participants to set short, medium and long-term targets and also devise a
road map for achieving the set targets.
Joint Secretary,
MHRD, Government of India, Ishita Roy, announced that there shall be a special
dispensation to enable all the un-covered Higher Education Institutions of the
State to get their NAAC Accreditation which in turn shall qualify them for
financial assistance from about 23 Ministries of the central government.
Chairperson
National Higher Education Resources Centre and National Coordinator Rusa, Prof
B. Venkatesh, said that the pass outs from institutions of the State should
continue to excel in the ever-changing demands of the market by focusing
on the promotion of innovation, research, entrepreneurship and
self-employment.
The speeches were
followed by a discussion amongst the participants and the participating
Vice-Chancellors and College Principals were given time to present their perspectives
with regard to the road map for quality enhancement in their respective
institutions and also for the State as a whole.
Issues like GER,
NAAC Accreditation, Teacher training, filling up of vacant positions, bridging
infrastructure gaps, introduction of skill-enhancing programmes, creation of
enabling environment, strengthen of extracurricular aspects etc. were
thoroughly discussed.
Vice-Chancellor Kashmir University Prof. Khursheed Iqbal Andrabi,
Vice-Chancellor, IUST Awantipora Prof. Mushtaq Sidiqui, Vice-Chancellor BGSB
University Rajouri Prof. Javid Masarat, Vice-Chancellor University of Jammu
Prof. Manoj Dhar, Vice-Chancellor Cluster University Jammu Prof. Anju Bhasin,
Vice-Chancellor Cluster University Srinagar Prof. Sheikh Javid, and Principals
of various Degree Colleges, Registrars and other senior functionaries of the
State Universities also participated in the workshop.