Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today held a video conference with the Vice-Chancellors of the Universities of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in order to review their preparedness to fight the COVID-19.
Vice-Chancellors of University of Jammu; University ofKashmir; Cluster University of Jammu / Kashmir ; Sher-e-Kashmir University ofAgricultural Sciences and Technology ( SKUAST) Jammu / Kashmir, Mata VaishnoDevi University (SMVDU), Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, IslamicUniversity of Science & Technology attended the meeting through videoconferencing. Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor was alsopresent during the meeting.
The Lt Governor sought a detailed report from the VCs aboutthe precautionary measures taken by the Universities and their post-lockdownpreparations and asked them to get the campus premises sanitized regularly.”Comprehensive planning and continued efforts are imperative to break thetransmission chain of coronavirus,” he added.
On being asked about the steps taken to compensate thelearning in the Universities and Colleges, the Lt Governor was informed thatthe students are being provided with the online lessons through the e-learningmode and virtual class rooms to ensure their studies do not suffer due toCOVID-19 lockdown. The VCs also informed about the availability of intranet intheir campuses.