Reiterating commitment for qualitative reforms in the field of higher education for human resource development, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the Government was toiling hard to promote institutions for making knowledge-based society. He in a meeting with all the VCs and higher officials of the universities of the State on Tuesday directed them to do all the efforts to establish Jharkhand as hub of higher education.
“The Government wants to make Jharkhand a hub of higher education and for that besides academic efforts institutional strengthening is also required. Universities and colleges have to build better environment for research facilities and acquiring knowledge. For that, the universities should not be made political arena,” said the CM.
He went on further saying that purpose of the varsities should be enrichment of educational reforms and institutional level competition for expansion. The CM also stressed on gross enrolment ratio in higher education and infusion of technology.
Secretary of Higher and Technical Education Ajay Kumar Singh said that steps are being taken for improvement in basic facilities such as Wi-Fi, Internet connectivity, online admission in Government colleges. He also underlined the areas such as e-learning, smart classes, biometric attendance system and other modern techniques for improving quality of higher education in the State.
HRD Minister Neera Yadav on the occasion said that the Government is working in the areas where improvement is needed. “Our aim is also to remove anomalies existing in higher education and we are working on a policy for that.”
Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba also underlined important provisions for higher education and its scope in the State. Planning-cum-Finance Secretary Amit Khare, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Burnwal, School Education and literacy Secretary Aradhana Patnaik were also present in the meeting.