Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta has called for freeing education premises from politics. He said that once India was regarded as Vishwa Guru. Efforts should be made to restore this status. Gupta was addressing a conference of Vice Chancellors of Indian Universities Federation (Central Region) at Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University here on Sunday.
Gupta said that arrangements should be made that students are happy at the time of receiving degrees. He said that Vice Chancellors should take strict decisions in favour of students. Education should be topic of discussions in staff rooms. Gupta called for doing work instead of mere talk. He said that one should work earnestly wherever he or she is. The Minister said that the government will implement conclusions of the conference.
Minister of State for Higher and School Education Shri Deepak Joshi said that education system should be changed in accordance with changing times. He urged to realize Digital India dream of the Prime Minister. Shri Joshi said that in spare time, information should be searched in books instead of Google. The Ministers felicitated vice chancellors.
General Secretary of Indian Universities Federation Prof Furqan Qamar informed that 51 Vice Chancellors from 5 states attended the conference. He said that objective of the conference is sharing best practices of various universities.
Vice Chancellor of Bhoj (Open) University Tariq Zafar welcomed the guests. A Shramdeen Pani informed about conclusions of the conference.
During conference, a seminar was also held on 'Student-friendly Services through Information Technology and Expansion of Online Education through Mutual Technology'. As many as 120 research papers were present at the seminar.