ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
“We have expanded educational facilities in the country on an unprecedented scale. We have taken steps to improve access to education for the disadvantaged sections of our society and to improve quality“ said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities.
The need now is to concentrate on removing the deficiencies that still exist, particularly the deficit in quality. I believe that conferences like the present one can help us greatly in this task.
The Government looks upon Central Universities as agencies of change.
I am happy that this conference will specifically deliberate upon promotion of Industry-Academia linkages to improve the quality of education in Central Universities. This is obviously an area in which our Higher Education system lags behind. Global experience shows that such linkages strengthen both universities as well as Industry.
I would also like to mention the Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan which our Government has launched and which should go a long way in expanding access to Higher Education opportunities. The programme gives enhanced attention to State universities for improving their quality of education and research. It aims to create 278 new universities and 388 new colleges and to convert 266 colleges to Model Degree Colleges by the end of the 13th Plan, apart from providing infrastructure grants to 286 State universities and 8500 State colleges. It will cumulatively create 20,000 new faculty positions and support them in the 12th and 13th Plan periods.
“We have expanded educational facilities in the country on an unprecedented scale. We have taken steps to improve access to education for the disadvantaged sections of our society and to improve quality“ said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central...
“We have expanded educational facilities in the country on an unprecedented scale. We have taken steps to improve access to education for the disadvantaged sections of our society and to improve quality“ said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities.
The need now is to concentrate on removing the deficiencies that still exist, particularly the deficit in quality. I believe that conferences like the present one can help us greatly in this task.
The Government looks upon Central Universities as agencies of change.
I am happy that this conference will specifically deliberate upon promotion of Industry-Academia linkages to improve the quality of education in Central Universities. This is obviously an area in which our Higher Education system lags behind. Global experience shows that such linkages strengthen both universities as well as Industry.
I would also like to mention the Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan which our Government has launched and which should go a long way in expanding access to Higher Education opportunities. The programme gives enhanced attention to State universities for improving their quality of education and research. It aims to create 278 new universities and 388 new colleges and to convert 266 colleges to Model Degree Colleges by the end of the 13th Plan, apart from providing infrastructure grants to 286 State universities and 8500 State colleges. It will cumulatively create 20,000 new faculty positions and support them in the 12th and 13th Plan periods.
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