All vacancies in Government colleges in the State will be filled up in two years. Its process has been started. Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission has published advertisement for recruitment of 1,646 posts of assistant professor. For appointment against these posts, guest faculties will be given weightage of 4 marks per annual upto maximum 20 marks.
Process is also underway for recruitment on other posts also by Higher Education Department. Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of higher education students has reached 19.07 per cent. State-level Personality Development Cell has been constituted for students’ personality development. Coordinators have been posted in all division-level Personality Development Cells.
Now, laxman Singh Gaud Awards to encourage principals, teachers and students will also be given at division level.
A Rs2,500 crore loan for higher education from World Bank will be received during next 5 years. These funds will be used for infrastructure development and improvement of academic atmosphere in universities and colleges. The department has decided to develop colleges in 39 districts under Rashtriya Uchhatar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA).
Internet and wi-fi facility will be made available in all Government colleges in the State during current fiscal. Process for it is underway. Model Colleges of Commerce will be opened at district level and Colleges of Excellence at division level. Two departments in every university will be developed as ideal departments. A committee has been constituted to prescribe norms for allocation of funds to colleges. A comprehensive scheme for teachers’ training has been chalked out. Virtual classes have been started in 100 colleges. E-libraries will be opened in 15 colleges and model labs in 22 colleges during the current academic session. During last session, e-libraries were set up in 15 colleges and model labs in 28 colleges.
For partnership with national and international institutions, State’s 12 colleges have been selected. The Higher Education Department has received SKOCH and other awards for use of information technology.
As many as 18 new colleges were opened in year 2010-11; 5 in 2011-12; 9 in 2012-13 and 33 new colleges were opened in the state in year 2013-14. As a result, students of remote areas have also access to higher education.
Madhya Pradesh Universities Act-1973 has been amended. As a result teachers can be appointed and promoted in time. It will also help in filling up vacancies of other cadres. This process will be adopted under special circumstances only.