In order to prepare a new perspective plan for empowering State higher education, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Department will host a two-day conclave on ‘Scope and Need for Imparting Quality Higher Education in Jharkhand’ from Friday.Experts from UGC, NAAC, AIU, RUSA, ICCR, NUEPA, Wadhwani Foundation and NCTE besides CM Raghubar Das, HRD Minister Neera Yadav, RU VC Ramesh Kumar Pandey and JRU VC Savita Sengar have been invited as speakers.
“As the State Government has dedicated 2014-15 year to quality education, we are seeking ways of strengthening the present primary as well as the higher education.The conclave will help us in knowing the present scenario of the higher education prevailing in the State,” said Higher Education department Deputy Director Ashutosh Prasad.
According to official sources, the conference at first will focus on the real-problems behind the migration of local students to other States for pursuing higher education and focus on finding long lasting solutions to those issues.
Secondly, it would spread awareness on Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) amongst the educationists of the State consolidating and developing the existing system of higher education by adding capacities, such as improvement of teaching-learning processes to produce employable and competitive graduates, post graduates and doctorates.
“The conference will certainly benefit in understanding the condition of higher education particularly in rural areas,” said Higher Education department Additional Secretary Sarojini Toppo.
Speakers are expected to deliver speeches on ‘Role of Private Universities in the Composite Development of Quality Higher Education in India with Special Reference to Jharkhand’, ‘Strategies for re-orienting and re-vamping the various job-oriented courses running in Jharkhand,’, ‘Providing Quality Education under RUSA’, ‘Need for implementation of different MHRD skill development schemes launched in Jharkhand’ and ‘Challenge before Higher Education in the 21st Century’.