Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 27: To steer the expansion of Higher Education in Jammu and Kashmir and allocate funds under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), the State Government has constituted J&K State Higher Education Council.
Headed by Chief Minister as the Chairman and Minister for Higher Education as the Vice-Chairman, the Council comprises of 21 members, including Chief Secretary and Administrative Secretaries of Finance, Planning and Development Department.
Administrative Secretary Higher Education is the member secretary of this Council under RUSA while Vice-Chancellors of Jammu University, Kashmir University, BGSBU, Islamic University Awantipora, SMVDU, Central University Kashmir, Central University Jammu, Nodal Principal of colleges, Director NIT Srinagar and Director Colleges are among the other members.
This Council will approve the State Higher Education Plan and allocate funds under RUSA.
Working as an independent and autonomous body, the Council under RUSA will advise the Government for a comprehensive and holistic evolution of Higher Education Sector. It will also suggest improvements in curriculum and syllabi in accordance with the changing societal and academic requirements.
The Council will advise the Government on the start of new courses, colleges and other Higher Education institutions in the State, evolve schemes for providing equitable opportunities for Higher Education, scholarships, freeships and financial assistance to the needy students, coordinate implementation of SC/ ST and other eligible backward classes welfare programmes of the Government, review periodically the Statutes, ordinances and regulations of the Universities in the State, evolve schemes to sensitize the students to environmental and gender issues, promote framework for institutional accountability through proper regulatory system, advise improvising the standards of Examinations and suggest reforms, devise mechanism for social audit process and public feedback on performance and achievements and assess the existing infrastructural facilities of the institutions.
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