The Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan Singh Rawat inspected the higher education directorate at Haldwani on Friday. The Minister directed the officers that colleges should give admissions on the basis of their capacity only. He warned that action would be taken against those found guilty of giving admission in excess of capacity of colleges.
The Minister directed the director College education to provide the list of colleges on the basis of accessible and hard to access areas. He said that the Transfers Act- 2017 would be implemented in the State. Rawat also asked the officers to computerise the data of all teachers and employees so that all information about employees is available at click of a mouse.
In a significant order the Minister directed the officers to cancel all attachments in the department and said that teachers suffering from critical illnesses should be attached at directorate.
He said that the State Government is commited to improve quality of higher education and said that no student would be deprived of higher education in the State. Rawat said that the Governor of Uttarakhand would start book donation campaign from Thalisain College on April 15. He said that proposal to construct 25 college buildings would soon be forwarded to state government.
The Director Higher education Savita Mohan, deputy director Kamal Pandey and others were present on the occasion.