Teacher representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities from all across the nation attended meeting of the national working committee of the higher education wing of Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) held in national Capital on Sunday to deliberate upon higher education policies and its framework.
National president of organisation Dr JP Singhal laid stress upon the need of spending at-least six per cent of GDP on the education in the country. He also laid stress that there should be uniform implementation of the recommendations of the seventh pay commission in both central and state universities.
“The Government must spend at least six per cent of the GDP on education. We have asked the Government to ensure a nation-wide uniform implementation of seventh pay recommendation not only in the central universities but also in all the States and universities therein,” said Singhal. He felt that the Government needs to invest more on the higher education so that research and innovations can be encouraged in the country.
“Representatives from more than hundred Colleges and universities attended this meeting. More than twenty states were represented by teachers. Several sessions were held throughout the day wherein different aspects of Higher Education were discussed,” said Sanjay Kumar, media coordinator for the programme.
National secretary of the organisation Dr Manoj Sinha, who is also in-charge of the higher education wing, chaired a session wherein Government policies related to higher education were discussed.