Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting yesterday and asked the Vice-Chancellors of the Universities to prepare a roadmap for bringing qualitative improvement in the overall functioning of the Universities and adopt J&K centric changes as per the New Education Policy, besides imparting training to the teachers within the Universities and outside the UT for the transformation of learning system.
He was holding the meeting at the Raj Bhavan, Srinagar. He asked for suggestions and recommendations from the VCs on how J&K could benefit from New Education Policy and what are the challenges in its implementation.
As J&K has a rich Culture and ancient history and he also sought suggestions for its promotion. He emphasised to enhance the quality of education while ensuring Gender equality and educational welfare of oppressed and underprivileged sections of the society.
Moreover, the Lt Governor stressed on optimum utilization of all available technology-based learning platforms, besides updation of e-learning tools and other ICT technology-based teaching programmes to connect the students and faculty with the enhanced educational resource platforms.
On being informed about the NAAC status and NIRF rankings of the Universities, the Lt Governor told to make sustained efforts for improving the quality of University education ecosystem so as to improve the current rankings, besides promoting excellence in teaching, research and extension activities, strengthening technical education and optimum utilization of resources. He further advised them to evolve best practices for the better working of the Universities.
J&K: LG Manoj Sinha chairs meeting to assess functioning of Universities
