Eng speaking courses to be mandatory in varsities soon

Minister for Revenue and Higher Education Prem Prakash Pandey said that for the overall development of students, all universities in Chhattisgarh would impart quality education.  Students can choose subjects of their choice and there would be improvement in the standard of education. English speaking courses would be made mandatory in the universities soon, he said. 

Pandey, while interacting with the media here, said that the question paper leak case in the University was a serious matter and investigations were on to crack the case. Stern action would be taken against the guilty, whoever the personmay be. The University should develop its internal sources to stop such things in future, he said.

The Education Department has formed teams at different levels to stop such activities. “All the universities and colleges have been instructed to develop their internal infrastructure to stop such things”, he maintained. On revenue-related cases, the Minister said that there was shortage of about 100 tehsildars in the State, which was affecting fast redressal of cases. Besides posting of 53 new tehsildars, a proposal has been made for one-time promotion to the assistant tehsildars. This would help in dealing with the staff crunch and fast disposal of cases, he said.

He said that this division has recorded 84 per cent disposal of cases and necessary instructions have been given to improve efficiency in dealing with the revenue-related cases.  Pandey said, “All tehsildars, patwaris and other officials have been instructed to dispose of cases on priority and to reduce pendency.