Chandigarh, May 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday constituted a committee of vice chancellors to work out examination reforms and review curriculums, to scale up the quality of higher education in the state in line with the advances taking place across the world.
The Committee, under the chairmanship of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Vice-Chancellor, will also look into
introduction of new courses and digital education and will submit its report within 60 days.
Underlining the need to keep up with the transformation taking place globally in education, Capt Amarinder tasked the committee with drafting a plan to bring the state’s education system at par with the world.
New and relevant courses should be identified to ensure that the students are in tune with the changes taking place in global education, he said and also directed that all new colleges in the state must start classes from academic session 2021-22.
Reviewing the functioning of the Higher Education and Languages department, the Chief Minister Directed the Secretary Higher Education to speed up the recruitment process for filling up 931 posts of Assistant Professors in Government Colleges.
Apprising the Chief Minister about the recruitment, Secretary Higher Education V K Meena said that the process to fill these posts had been initiated after putting an end to the complex litigation of over the past 17 years.
Further, the state government has also allowed filling up of 1925 posts of Assistant Professors in Government Aided Colleges, of which 1400 posts have already been filled, and out of these 410 teachers have been regularized while that of 118 is under process, he informed.(UNI)