Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday said that the State Government is contemplating to involve the pass-out students of colleges and universities in various government activities according to their stream so as to utilise their capabilities and provide them a job experience.
This was informed by the Chief Minister while speaking at the Vice-Chancellor’s conference on higher education for ethical values and enhanced employability jointly organised by Haryana State Higher Education Council (HSHEC) and Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University (HVSU) here.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma was also present on this occasion. About 30 Vice-Chancellors and educationists from 50 Universities participated in the conference.
During the conference, the Chief Minister directed them to prepare a list of their alumni of last five years and help the unemployed in getting jobs by providing them requisite training.
He said that the State Government is working towards channelizing the youth energy in right direction and the students after completing their studies would be engaged in various activities like survey, preparation of estimates of various development works and detailed project report (DPR) of the departments according to their stream.
Giving example of activities they will be involved into, Manohar lal said that the State Government has constituted Pond Management Authority for the rejuvenation of all about 14,000 ponds in the state and massive survey work of these ponds would be entrusted to the civil and mechanical engineers. Under this scheme, excess water flowing in the ponds would be tapped and used for irrigation purposes through solar pump sets whereas water treated by Public Health Engineering Department would be utilized for drinking, he added.
While emphasizing the urgent need of making the students employable after their education, he said that besides education, the final year students should be provided training in skill development.
It is the collective responsibility of the State Government and the Universities to ensure that the pass-out students get employment in any field, said he.
The Chief Minister said that today, the government institutes of higher education are more in demand as compared to the private education institutes. The private education institutions should reduce the cost of education if they want to compete with the government institutions, he said.
He further said that his government has given due honour to the educators. Earlier, there used to be a sense of fear among the teachers about their transfers. But now, the government has implemented the transparent online teacher’s transfer policy under which 93 per cent teachers got stations as per their first, second and third choice, he added.
Manohar lal said that the State Government has also taken various steps for providing employment to the pass-out students. Saksham Yuva Scheme has been implemented under which the educated unemployed youth are provided Rs 9,000 per month, including Rs 3,000 as unemployment allowance, in lieu of 100 hours of work done by them.
While emphasizing the need of generating more awareness in the society regarding education, the Chief Minister said that though every educational institute has its own set of agendas yet the ethical values in higher education and enhanced employability should be their ultimate aim.
Earlier, speaking on this occasion, Principal Secretary, Skill Development and Industrial Training and Employment, TC Gupta said that a separate Saksham Cell has been set up in the Chief Minister’s office.
Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Jyoti Arora said that as many as 5000 students have been provided placement in different industries with the assistance of Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University. This year, a target has been fixed to provide hundred per cent placement to the students. For this, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with 150 industries, she added.