Governor-cum-Chancellor of the State-run universities Droupadi Murmu has directed all the Vice-Chancellors (VCs) and other senior officials of universities to conduct a survey among students to know their taste and relevance of the subjects being taught.
She asked officials on Friday to come up with information related to emerging subjects which were popular among students at most of the universities; subjects those were helpful to get jobs and subjects which were turning less relevant. The Governor also directed them to get this work done at the earliest so that necessary steps could be initiated regarding necessary infrastructure development. She enquired about development in implementing CBCS and took feedback over it.
Murmu directed them to fill all the sanctioned vacant seats, so that students get quality education. She also asked them to focus on infrastructure development of departments related to tribal/regional languages and scripts. In a consultation meeting with VCs, representatives of NCC and UNICEF, she directed universities to start Fine/Performing Arts education under Self Financing Scheme. Principal Secretary to the Governor SK Satpathy, Academic Advisor to the Governor Anand Bhushan, Agriculture Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Higher and Technical Education Secretary Ajoy Kumar Singh and Chairman of JPSC D K Srivastava were also present in the meeting.
The Governor expressed her surprise over the fact that only four teachers were taking care of 1,600 Post-Graduate students of tribal and regional languages department in Ranchi University. She was informed in the meeting that many students of this department qualify NET and JRF. She asked Ranchi University to strengthen basic infrastructure of this department and to monitor the works under construction/development. She also directed university officials to review the vacant posts and asked JPSC to work closely with Higher and Technical Education department and remove obstacles.
The Governor also asked VCs to provide land for at least one Police Post and one bank branch, so that a fearless and hassle-free environment could be created in university campuses for overall development of the students.Meanwhile, the Higher and Technical Education Secretary informed the Governor that roster clearance process for appointment of teachers has been completed in all universities, except Ranchi University. He said that there are some issues in RU, which would be resolved as soon as possible. Singh said that 130 vacancies of Neelambar-Pitambar University, 274 vacancies of Kolhan University, 238 vacancies of Sido Kanhu University and 235 vacancies of Vinoba Bhave University have been granted for appointment so far.