Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said better planning has to be done in the field of higher education. “Otherwise we will not be able to provide quality education to the children of the state. To fill the vacant posts of teachers in various universities of Jharkhand, meet the Vice Chancellor and remove the obstacles in the appointment at the earliest, so that there is no hindrance in the education of the students. The condition of libraries in various colleges is not good, fix it. There should be availability of books in offline as well as online libraries and according to the demand of the students,” he said.
The CM while chairing the review meeting of Higher and Technical Education Department here on Thursday said that the university management should assess the various mediums of education being given to the children in other states of the country, so that the students here can also be covered with better education.
In the course of the review meeting, the CM inquired about the work done in the direction of the institutions to be set up on PPP mode in the State. The Chief Minister said that the department should apprise the private universities or institutes about the facilities being provided by the government to them. It should be decided that the maximum number of children of Jharkhand can study in these institutes/universities.
The CM said that the condition of Bokaro Women's College should be improved. Take the building after talking to the cell and shift the women's college in that building. Use the constructed engineering college buildings. Where engineering is not being studied, use it for degree college studies. Before this, you must assess the demand of the children of the area and then take a decision.
The CM inquired about the projects related to the establishment of newly built, under-construction colleges, polytechnic institutions, women's colleges under the department. Along with this, necessary instructions were given to the officers after seeing the presentation of Jharkhand Education Grid to integrate the quality in education.
Additional Chief Secretary KK Khandelwal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Director Higher Education A.K. Muthu Kumar, Director Technical Education Arun Kumar, Special Secretary Kamleshwar Prasad, Deputy Director Dr. Vibha Pandey and others were present in the meeting.