Improve quality, ensure transparency to make Himachal Pradesh hub of education: Minister

Tribune News Service
Shimla, August 2

Improve the quality of education and ensure transparency to make Himachal Pradesh a hub of education, said Govind Singh Thakur, Education Minister, while speaking at a conference organised by Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPEIRC) here today.

Recalling the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the minister gave a call for restructuring institutions to facilitate the adoption of the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020.

The chairman of the HPPEIRC, Major General Atul Kaushik (retd) spoke on the action taken to reorient higher education in the private sector to impart skill and vocational training for creating mid-level skilled manpower to reduce unemployment. Sharing his concern over the migration of students from Himachal to other states in search for quality education, he said a well-defined education system was the need of the hour.

He said the student placement cell would be made functional under

the HPPEIRC for facilitating job creation and employment. He said steps had been initiated to implement NEP-2020 in private higher education institutions. Vice-Chancellors of private universities were also present at the conference.

Earlier, areas of cooperation between Army and private universities were discussed at length during the interaction between Army Commander, ARTRAC (Army training command), Lt General Raj Shukla and the chairman of the commission.