The Uttarakhand Government has decided to make the process of appointments in the government aided Colleges transparent. The higher education department of Uttarakhand is working on a plan to ensure that all the appointments in these colleges are done through the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission or any other agency. This issue figured prominently during the review meeting taken by the minister of state for cooperative, higher education, dairy development and protocol, Dhan Singh Rawat at Vidhan Sabha auditorium on Wednesday.
In the meeting attended by senior officers of higher education department and representatives of management of aided government colleges, elaborate discussions were held on issues like transparency in appointments, improving quality of education and removing the problems faced in administration of these colleges.
Addressing the meeting, Rawat said that the state government is committed to improve quality of education in the aided colleges and for it transparency in appointments and compulsion of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) certification is essential. Mincing no words, the minister clearly said that the state government wants to bring control of these colleges under its purview by their provincialisation.
He said that the colleges and students should send their suggestions in this regard. Similarly suggestions would be sought for continuing or doing away with the system of semesteral examination. Rawat said that the state government wants to move forward on the path of undertaking comprehensive reforms in the higher education sector and for it a Higher education commission and Universities Act are on anvil. These acts would be brought in the ensuing assembly session.
The minister directed the secretaries and managers of the aided colleges to ensure that all the vacant positions of non teaching staff are filled within next six months. After this the government is planning to get the appointments on these posts done from the Uttarakhand subordinate services selection commission.
In the meeting the representatives of the management said that the uniformity in governance should be done along with creation of new posts and increase in grant of aided colleges.
The Principal Secretary higher education Anand Vardhan suggested that the aided colleges should make an effort to get listed among the top 200 colleges of the world. The secretary in charge of higher education Ashok Kumar, director higher education M C Pant also attended the meeting among others.