Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 8: Asserting that higher education was the key thrust area of present dispensation in the State, Member Legislative Council Firdous Tak today said that the area needs complete transformation with special focus on job oriented courses.
The legislator met Vice Chancellor Jammu University Prof RD Sharma to discuss various issues confronting off-side campuses in Chenab valley. Prof Shohab Anayat Malik, Head of Urdu Department, and Director Kishtwar campus was also present in the meeting.
Tak said that the education department has witnessed various historic measures during the last more than a year with new experiments being made in school, graduate and higher education level. “The Government is keen to transform the education system so as to enable the students to compete not only at national but international level as well”, he said.
He said that Kishtwar and Bhaderwah campuses established by the University in Chenab Valley need special attention and out of box measures to benefit the students of rural and far off areas. He said that the existing infrastructure in not only the university campuses but even the colleges in the erstwhile Doda district need immediate upgradation.
He demanded starting Master of Education (MEd) and MA Sociology courses in Kishtwar campus of the University. He also discussed the present status of proposed University campus at Kishtwar and Doda and urged the Vice Chancellor to press for early release of funds for land acquisition.
The Vice Chancellor gave a patient hearing to the demands and issues and expressed his keenness to establish the off-side campuses as model institutions in the State.
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