To address the problem of un-served areas and to aspire for an even spread , as far as possible , of colleges in the state, fifty new additional colleges have been decided to be established in Jammu and Kashmir for which the Governor’s administration has accorded its sanction. Again, setting up eight professional colleges for imparting courses in Law, Management, Commerce, Nursing and Para-Medical Physical Education and Bio-Medical Science disciplines is a welcome step as more stress is needed to be given in imparting such education which was loaded with opportunities, at the end of the courses, of engaging successfully in self employment. The sanction has also been accorded for opening two Administrative Staff Colleges , one each at Srinagar and Jammu.
While the steps taken in this direction are welcome , however, we feel there must be a departure from the random policy pursued in opening of more and more educational institutions for imparting traditional academic courses and which had very limited prospects in the employment market . We are at the moment confronted with this problem which baffles, confuses and bewilders not only the economic policy planners but the politicians who in the air and mostly in the absence of regard for economic and fiscal constraints , keep on promising that they would solve the employment problem “if only voted to power”.
What to do with the situation of rolling out of millions annually from schools and colleges which keep on adding into the long list of too many,already awaiting a chance to get absorbed to eke out a living, is the real problem . However, that does not limit the scope of making each and every corner of the State, especially our neglected rural areas, having access to educational institutions with intent to spreading education and bringing about further improvement in the literacy rate . Improvement in the infrastructure including imparting quality education in the already existing colleges must be the priority of the Government and in respect of the proposed new ones, work on ground must start at an early date. However, a paradigm shift in the National Education Policy with more reforms and tunings to meet the emerging requirements and challenges cannot be deferred for long .
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