Governor SC Jamir on Thursday stressed on the need for quality in education on the occasion of addressing the 5th convocation of VSSUT, Burla. “It is true that India has the largest education system in the world. But our concern is always on quality,” he said.
“We are lagging behind this aspect and even smaller countries are at times better than us,” said the governor. He underscored the need to improve the quality of faculty and research in the universities. As the chief guest, former director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Padmashree Prof Kl Chopra is hopeful that some students would adopt teaching and research as profession. “Teachers are the pillars of the knowledge society. Teaching is a very noble and satisfying profession,” he added.
Speaking on acute shortage of qualified teachers and researchers in all educational institutions, Prof Chopra said that some 650 universities, some 3,600 private engineering colleges and many management institutions are now starving for qualified faculty.
Vice Chancellor of the VSSUT Dr BK Nanda said: “The 5th convocation is at a time when the university is keeping pace with new developments in science and technology.” As many as 417 BTech students, 75 MTech students and 30 MCA students were awarded degrees. The branch toppers were also given gold medals for their outstanding performances in their respective subjects.