Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 3: Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar today said although J&K has the best talent available among students and teachers, there is need to provide an enabling environment and requisite motivation to excel. He said there is need to develop working models within institutions with the help of students on commercial lines, so that they could explore their inner abilities, imbibe local needs and job-intensive skills to be enterprisers.
The Minister said this while speaking during Mega Job Fest-2015, organized by the Centre for Career Planning & Counselling, University of Kashmir, in collaboration with the CT Group of Institutions, Jallandhar, at University of Kashmir, here today.
Addressing a well attended gathering, the Minister said that the aspirants at the fest present the best face of the State. He said it is the day that will mark their first step into the world of realities and beautiful dreams. He said finding a job may be a challenge in the point of time, however it is the knowledge, time, skills that have been invested in their overall personality development which may help them sail through on the day.
Advising the students, to consider such opportunities as launching platform for their career, the Minister said that initially there may be a phase when they would have to rough it out against odds, but sticking around will ensure them a better and secure future.
Appreciating the organisers for their endeavour, the Minister said he would wish the ambit of such an exercise is further widened and results in picking up record number of aspirants.
Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir, Prof. K. I. Andrabi, Registrar, University of Kashmir, Prof. Zafar Ahmad Reshi, Director, Centre for Career Planning & Counselling, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Khan and representatives of CT Group of Institutions were present on the occasion.
Later, the Minister also attended One Day Conference of Principals & Academic Administrators at the University. The conference with the theme ‘Higher Education: Issues & Challenges’ was organised by the UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kashmir.
The Minister said that it was an important decision of the present dispensation to club the Education Ministry, which is turning out to be a game changer, trying to turn around the whole education system in the State.
The Minister said that the education scenario especially at the Higher Education level is fast changing in rest of the world, adding that it is high time that we in the State put in our best towards rejuvenating the education system to bring it to speed. He said that the expansion of the Higher Education system needs to be properly planned and challenges overcome.
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