Punjab Government is committed to put in place a regulatory mechanism for the education sector and effective steps would soon be taken in this direction, says Punjab
Higher Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra.
Reiterating his claim to provide affordable and accessible education to the youth of the State, Rakhra on Monday said that with the expansion of private sector in the field of education, there is a need being felt for regulatory mechanism and Government is alive to it.
Surjit Singh Rakhra was talking to media after handing over promotion letters to 24 newly appointed principals of Government colleges in the State.
He said that Government is making efforts to improve its own infrastructure for education and 24 Associate Professors have been promoted as Principals.
He said that filling the posts of Principals in the headless colleges would improve education atmosphere in these colleges.
Rakhra said that 4-5 colleges are still to get regular principals as promoted principals can not be appointed there, but Government will soon make adjustments to appoint principals in those colleges too.
The minister said that the technical issues that were causing delay in holding the meeting of departmental promotion committee have been sorted out and in future such issue will not be allowed to surface.
Talking on the scarcity of teachers in Government institutions, Rakhra said that after the recruitment scam of Ravi Sidhu, HC had put stay on further appointments and Government was trying to get the stay vacated, so that the fresh recruitment process might be initiated.
The process for new recruitments of lecturers and Assistant Professors would be started the day, High Court vacates its stay on recruitment.
He said that Government was keen to improve the standard of education and to provide good education to the young generation, good teachers were required.
Elaborating on the proposal of education regulator, he Rakhra said that the motive of such a mechanism would not be to smother the growth of private sector in education field.
Reacting to the objections raised by some private education providers against the proposed education regulator, Rakhra said that the motive of such a mechanism would not be to smother the growth of private sector in education field.
The Government of Punjab was committed to expand the overall infrastructure of the education in the State. All the concerns of the private education providers will be duly addressed, he added.