Governor cum Chancellor of the universities of the State CP Radhakrishnan today said, “We are not in this position to change the system. We have to work under this system. This is the reason that the government is unable to delegate powers to the universities of the State.”
The Chancellor of the universities inaugurated the first vice chancellors’ conference of the Jharkhand organised by the department of higher and technical education department and Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag in the Vivekanand seminar hall of the university on Monday.
In the inaugural speech the Chancellor said, “I have listened to the problems of the different universities of the state and assured that all the problems will be presented on the proper platform.”
Emphasizing on the quality of education, the Governor said that the university is always known by the quality education not by the buildings and infrastructure. He said that the vice chancellors of the universities must listen to the genuine problems of the students and try to solve them on their level.
On the issue of increasing the court cases in the university, the Governor said that there are more than 50 per cent cases of such nature which can be solved on the university level. The vice chancellors have to work in this direction.
He further said that the success story of the universities is not vice chancellor, secretary and other officials, it depends upon the dedication of the teachers towards the study. The vice chancellor should work on the admission of the students. It should be on time, if the admission will be in time then examination and result will be in time.
“There are some problems regarding recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in the state universities. Steps will be taken soon to fill up the vacant posts of teachers as well as non-teaching staff in various universities and colleges of the state. The Vice-Chancellors of universities should prepare the details of vacancies, sanctioned posts in the universities or Constituent Colleges for teaching and non-teaching staff along with roster clearance to speed up the process of recruitment,” he said.
The Governor said that all-out effort should be made to encourage the students from backward communities, particularly girls students from scheduled tribe communities, who are interested in pursuing higher education. All the Universities need to analyse the breakup of students in U.G and P.G Courses.
He further said that the Academic Calendar helps students get the full visibility of events that would happen during the year. The academic calendar enables educational institutions to connect and communicate with all students and parents enrolled in the institution’s various courses and the batches. It is crucial for students and teachers to plan their studies. The advance release of the academic calendar also makes sure the activities and events happen exactly as per the plan and these do not need additional communication.
“Better job opportunities for students should be the goal of education. For the proper placement of students, all universities must organize placement fairs and call local industries to explore the possibilities of job requirements for students. As per New Education Policy, all V.Cs should concentrate on rationalisation of the subjects being studied in universities and introduce new subjects as per the market demand,” he said.
“For the improvement in education, Universities should explore the possibilities for students exchange programmes with other universities in other states. Branding of the university should be such that students should feel proud to be part of that university,” said the Governor.
He assured that we are going to set up a university service commission in the state. He said that in future all the appointments and assistant professor will be on merit of the candidates.
Vijay Kumar Srivastava and Sudhanshu Ranjan and all the vice chancellors of the state expressed their views. The vote of thanks was given by director higher education Garima Singh.
The vice chancellor of the VBU Mukul Naryan Deo honoured the chancellor by presenting a memento and Secretary Rahul Kumar Purwar was honoured by the registrar of the university.