lack of infrastructure, well-qualified teachers and poor curriculum are hindering the higher education system in Jharkhand.
Higher education Jharkhand is below the global and national standard, said experts who gathered at Aryabhatta Auditorium at Vinoba Bhave University (VBU) in Hazaribagh to address a seminar. The seminar was organized by the Department of Anthropology of (VBU) to focus on ‘Higher Education in Jharkhand’. Speaking on the occasion Dr KK Nag Ex Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University said: Higher education system is facing with the problems of poor quality of syllabus, instruction, teacher quality and research.
“Besides others lack of practical classes, low attendance of the students and alienated attitude of the government are also responsible for the same”, he added.
Emphasizing on to improve the higher education system Nag said there should be an urgent need of an expert committee by the government to control on the quality of education. “Committee should also take special incentive for promotion and implementation of higher education and system”, he added.Though there is a sharp rise in the number of enrollments of students for higher education and seats are increasing respectively but quality of educations are remain poor, admitted DR AA Khan. Students’ negative attitude towards writing and reading books are also a major reason behind it.
Students are losing book reading tendency these days; they are also loosing the writing capacity, Khan said.“Its’ found that students are using Cut and Past (matters) methods from various Internet site to get degree only and not gaining the knowledge”, said Khan adding ‘its also found that students are not going to the field for their research work”. “They used to twist and manipulate the themes, matter and data’s”, he added. Stating the curriculums of higher education are very old, Khan stressed on immediate change in the curriculum according to the time and technology.
Beside other several other experts were exchanged their views especially focusing on the problems, prospects and planning of Higher Education system with Teachers and Students responsibility, Syllabus, Subject and its implementation, Semester system, College Autonomous, informed Ganga Nath Jha Organizing secretary and Professor Department of Anthropology VBU.
