Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that since the formation of the government, bringing qualitative improvement in the education system of Jharkhand has been the priority of the State government.
The government is working with commitment to provide quality higher and technical education and skill development to the students studying in the universities established in the state.
The CM while addressing officers in a meeting of the Higher and Technical Education Department here on Tuesday said that the the action plan is being prepared with the thought of the State government that every educated and trained youth of Jharkhand should get assured employment opportunities. Kaushal Vidya Entrepreneurship Digital Skill University will soon be established in the State, said the Chief Minister.
Soren further said that constant consultations are being held with the founders of various universities for the development of employable education system in the State. He said that industrial and commercial activities as well as local requirements should be studied for the subjects on which the youth should be trained in skill development, so that educated and trained youth could be connected with employment immediately. In the meeting, detailed information about the educational structure of Kaushal Vidya Entrepreneurship Digital Skill University was presented to the Chief Minister through a presentation.
The Chief Minister directed to include Civil Aviation Course in the courses. He said that eight newly constructed polytechnic institutes in the state would first be connected with this skill university. Prejha Foundation will play an important role in this work.
In the meeting, State Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Principal Secretary of Higher and Technical Education Department KK Khandelwal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, CEO of Prejha Foundation Kalyan Chakraborty, Chief Project Officer Meenakshi Kumar, team members Chittaranjan and Shipra, Vice Chancellor of Arka Jain University, Dr. SS Rajji, Director Dr Amit Srivastava and Registrar Dr Jasbir Dhanjal and others were present.