Governor Mangubhai Patel has said that universities should prepare curriculum for more and more silent platforms, which will equip the students with the necessary skills and knowledge. Possibilities of employment-self-employment should also be explored in online courses for Divyang students. He said that employment, business based, skill enhancement courses should be prepared in consultation with industrialists and employers to make them according to the needs of science, technology, academia and industry.
Patel was addressing online from Raj Bhavan the inaugural session of the workshop organised by Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University on the preparation of NAAC.
The Governor has said that the interest of all the students is the first priority of the educational institutions. It is also their responsibility that education should be easy, accessible, least costly and free from bondage. Distance education is an effective means of increasing access to low-cost quality education in a vast land area like Madhya Pradesh. The relevance of education lies in being useful in life along with knowledge, culture. Present time is of rapid change of knowledge and technology, in which continuous updation is necessary for the relevance of degree. With this intention, arrangements for multi entry, multi exit have been made in the new education policy. It is necessary that the work of increasing the availability and access of quality education should be done with the right policy and intention.
Governor Patel said that the work of inclusive development is being done by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji with everyone's trust, everyone's cooperation and everyone's efforts. In the new education policy, he has given the opportunity to the youth to become capable according to the fast changing world through bond free education. For the policy to be successful, educational institutions and universities have to become centres of knowledge generation and transmission. Let the educational institutions be the launch pads for the students to enable them to touch the infinite heights of life.
He expressed hope that the workshop would be successful in making the outlook of participants positive and make them capable and active in implementing the new education policy on various dimensions of student interest and comprehensive development of educational institutions as per the seven parameters of NAAC. It will become a platform for efforts to provide accessible, quality, employment oriented and meaningful education in underprivileged and remote areas.
Dr. Smita Rajan, Senior Adviser, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University threw light on the programme outline. Vice Chancellor Dr Jayant Sonwalkar informed that a workshop has been organised to guide the evaluation method of NAAC in the workshop. He said that grading of NAAC is necessary for result oriented education. This allows the organisation to evaluate its working method, education system and the efforts made for the students. Information about the innovations and excellent work being done by other institutions is also available, which is helpful in the upgradation of the organisation. Dr. LS Solanki, Registrar of the University proposed the vote of thanks.