Haryana Government has planned to set up a committee to consider the income and expenditure aspects of all state universities.
This was decided at a meeting of Vice-Chancellors of all State universities and officers of the Higher and Technical Education Departments held under the chairmanship of Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki here. The Chief Minister Manohar lal, was also present at the meeting.
Addressing the Vice Chancellors, the Governor said the primary goal of universities should be to ensure quality of education for which there will be no shortage of funds.
He asked the universities to make their vision and decide what they planned to do in the coming years.
Describing human resource building as the best profession, the Governor said this work is precious, but the teacher should also get adequate salary to lead a respectable life.
At present, 5.11 lakh youth who are getting higher education, are great assets of the State. But they could be converted into real assets of the nation if shown the right direction, said he.
Earlier, the Chief Minister said that students getting higher education whether technical, arts, science, commerce, are intellectual property of universities. The universities should prepare a database of all alumni along with current students, and utilise them as resource for society and the university, said he.
Manohar lal also informed the State Government had recently formed a Pond Management Authority for the protection, conservation, development and rejuvenation of more than 14,000 ponds in the state.
A survey will be conducted to utilise water of these ponds for irrigation and other purposes. The services of students could be used for such kinds of work. In addition, their services can also be taken for projects in different fields, added he.
During the meeting, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Jyoti Arora, highlighted the progress and achievements made in the field of higher education.
She said there is adequate arrangement for higher education for every youth in the state and the number of colleges and universities had increased manifold. There were six state universities in 2006 but their number has now increased to 13, she said.