Haryana Government would soon start the recruitment of Assistant Professors in colleges as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday directed the officers of the Higher Education Department to send a requisition to the Haryana Public Service Commission for the recruitments.
Presiding over the meeting of the Haryana State Higher Education Council, Khattar said that dedicated efforts should be made to increase the interest of children in the Self-finance courses being run in the universities. Apart from this, special attention should also be given to the universities to mobilize their resources financially, he directed.
Higher Education Minister, Mool Chand Sharma and Chairman, Haryana State Higher Education Council, Prof. B.K Kuthiala were also present in the meeting.
The Chief Minister said that to provide employment-oriented education to the youth in the future, there is a big need to lay emphasis on future-ready courses by the universities. He directed that a detailed study of general courses being run by the universities, self-financing courses, subject-wise and course-wise faculty-student ratio, etc should be done. For this, a team should be formed which would visit the universities and report on all these points. He also gave directions to settle the matter of promotion, child care leave, study leave or other matters related to teachers in a fixed time frame.
It was also decided in the meeting that on the lines of the awards given to the school teachers, meritorious College and University teachers will be awarded. Besides this, it was also decided to implement an online modular training programme (Online Content Production and Teaching Method) for teachers of universities and colleges to enhance the quality of education level. This training module has been prepared by Shri Vishwakarma Skill University.
Khattar said that in the New Education Policy (NEP) - 2020, emphasis has been laid on providing inclusive and quality education and increasing opportunities for education. In order to implement this policy in Haryana, an advisory committee has been formed for planning and reporting on policy-related matters. Apart from this, Implementation Committee and Task Force have also been constituted. To achieve the goals of the New Education Policy, the state government has set a target to implement NEP-2020 completely in the state by the year 2025, he said.
It was informed that adhering to the directions issued by the Chief Minister, the Higher Education Department has prepared a new transfer policy for teachers.
Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Vijayendra Kumar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Director, Higher Education Department, Sh. Rajiv Rattan and other officers also remained present in the meeting.