Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that Universities should not become institutions only for awarding degrees, but they should also worry about placements.
“Along with providing quality education, moral education should also be imparted to the students so that the feeling of patriotism is inculcated in them,” the Chief Minister said while addressing the one-day workshop of Vice Chancellors and Registrars of private universities across the state, chaired by Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Haryana Raj Bhavan.
The Chief Minister said that Haryana Government is taking several steps to improve the quality of education. The online transfer policy of teachers is also a big step taken in this direction. Teachers have got lot of benefits from this policy, he said.
Khattar said that the Super 100 programme is proving to be a boon for many aspiring candidates appearing for competitive exams. The programme was initially started at two places in which 72 and 23 students of poor families successfully got admission in medical and IITs respectively after getting coaching.
Now, expanding this programme further, it has been decided to start the Super 100 programme at four more places, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government is leaving no stone unturned in the field of education. Establishing new University in every district is the utmost priority of the State Government, so as to ensure that students do not have to travel long distances for higher education, he said.
He said that the State Government is continuously working to open new institutes for higher education. Under the new education policy, two universities have started work of imparting education under the KG-to-PG programme. This programme will be further expanded in future, he said.
The Chief Minister also called upon the educationists present in the workshop to emphasize on imparting moral education as inculcating moral values in children can certainly play a pivotal role in curbing crime and corruption. He also stressed on imparting such education, which inculcates the feeling of patriotism in the students.
Khattar said that Universities should not be limited to awarding degrees to students but should also be concerned about their placements. For this, he emphasized on alumni meet.
Apart from this, he directed to chalk out a plan to motivate students towards environmental protection. He said that tree plantation should be linked with the internal assessment of the students.
The Chief Minister further said that working in the spirit of Antyodaya is the utmost priority of the State Government.
For this, an ambitious scheme Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) had been started by the State Government. With PPP, real time data of the family will be available with the State Government. This data will prove helpful in tracking each child, he added.
Khattar said that with this data the State Government can easily achieve the target of zero dropouts by 2024. Under this, every child from 3 years to 18 years of age will be tracked and ensured admission in schools, he said.