Work begins on plan for higher edu
But lack of data in initial plan raises doubt about state's streamlining efforts
The state government's higher and technical education department is working on a detailed perspective plan of the higher education scenario across the state in order to streamline it.
However, the clarity and potential of the data gathered from the preliminary evaluation is being questioned by people from inside the department itself. The evaluation was supposed to give data on market requirements, central government expectations and the state's capacity to participate in creating manpower. Instead, the primary submission ends up giving only the statistics of vacant seats in colleges in the state.
After a significant number of seats remained vacant in engineering and management streams in the current academic year, the higher and technical education department initiated a survey to evaluate the current situation and the state's needs with regard to opportunities in these streams.
According to information provided by an official from the department, this evaluation method is now likely to be extended to all streams of higher education for streamlining purposes.
However, the primary submission of the evaluation data by a private agency to which the work was outsourced for engineering and management streams, has been unable to provide the details necessary to improve education in these streams.
An official from the directorate of technical education said, "There is no official involvement of the department employees in the work of the perspective plan. The private agency has ended up giving information only of vacant seats across the state. It fails to give any information on how the quality of education can be improved."
Around 30,000 seats were vacant in engineering and around 20,000 seats were vacant in the management stream in the state in the current academic year.
But lack of data in initial plan raises doubt about state's streamlining efforts
The state government's higher and technical education department is working on a detailed perspective plan of the higher education scenario across the state in order to streamline it.
However, the clarity and potential of the data gathered from the preliminary evaluation is being questioned by people from inside the department itself. The evaluation was supposed to give data on market requirements, central government expectations and the state's capacity to participate in creating manpower. Instead, the primary submission ends up giving only the statistics of vacant seats in colleges in the state.
After a significant number of seats remained vacant in engineering and management streams in the current academic year, the higher and technical education department initiated a survey to evaluate the current situation and the state's needs with regard to opportunities in these streams.
According to information provided by an official from the department, this evaluation method is now likely to be extended to all streams of higher education for streamlining purposes.
However, the primary submission of the evaluation data by a private agency to which the work was outsourced for engineering and management streams, has been unable to provide the details necessary to improve education in these streams.
An official from the directorate of technical education said, "There is no official involvement of the department employees in the work of the perspective plan. The private agency has ended up giving information only of vacant seats across the state. It fails to give any information on how the quality of education can be improved."
Around 30,000 seats were vacant in engineering and around 20,000 seats were vacant in the management stream in the state in the current academic year.
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