Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha has called for value based education. Addressing a gathering in the city, Kushwaha stressed upon the need of value education and building life skills in a university. He gave examples of how IAS officers too have committed suicide and other related incidents he said that education is more about building character and personality and not just about just receiving degrees and jobs.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Minister inaugurated the second private university of Kolhan region- East Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharswan and West Singhbhum after Arka Jain University at Pokhari on the outskirts of Jamshedpur.
"We need to develop skills among youths so that they can face challenges of life. It is really sad to see how even the top Indian universities cannot secure a good rank in global rankings. The need is to concentrate more on research and stress on value education. We gave the world universities like Vikramshila and Nalanda and I hope with our efforts, we will make place in global rankings soon," said Kushwaha.
The Netaji Subhas University (NSU) which was earlier Netaji Subhas Institute of Business Management (NSIBM) was inaugurated by union minister of state for HRD Upendra Kushwaha at its Pokhari campus.
Former director of state higher education, Abu Imran, Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato, Potka MLA Menka Sardar, Kolhan University vice chancellor Shukla Mahanty, city SP Prabhat Kumar; chancellor of NSU Madan Mohan Singh and other dignitaries.
The university already has a seven acre land at present and have already identified nearby 16 acres for the university. The university starting 2018-19 session kicked off with MBA, BBA with 280 students in MBA, BBA, BCA and hotel management. The number of faculty members is 25.
An official of the university said most of the students after completion of their education settle in other States thus leaving their home place to struggle with exodus of human resource too. Crisis of qualified teachers in colleges, delayed academic sessions and inadequate infrastructure for higher studies have led the students migrate to other cities.
“We cannot deny that exodus of the students to other metro cities for better education facilities. We want to curb the migration by providing better courses,” said an official.