UGC-HRDC, University of Kashmir (KU), Friday organized a special session on the status of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir state.
On the occasion, Director Colleges, Department of HigherEducation, Prof Yaseen Ahmad Shah, deliberated upon the initiatives being takenby the government to ensure vibrant academic atmosphere in all the colleges.
He urged the newly appointed college and university teachersattending 83rd general orientation course being to lend supremacy toprofessional ethics and to achieve excellence and contentment through highethical standards and moral values.
While welcoming the speakers, Prof Shabir Ahmad Bhat, DirectorHRDC, stated that everyone has the right to education and it should be equallyaccessible to all on the basis of merit.
He emphasized on the need to strengthen the existinginstitutions. “For this, we need to take several steps such as creation of faculty,redesigning curriculum, developing teaching learning methodology, buildingindustry academia interface and linkages, attracting faculty from otherinstitutions and industry, integrate information technology into our system,develop incubation centres, focus on cutting edge research and placement andadvance knowledge in a wide variety of fields,” he said.
On the occasion, Prof Irshad Ahmad Wani, former Director,North Campus KU, also interacted with the participants and said that thathigher education has experienced significant growth over the last two decades.
Coordinator HRDC, and Course Coordinator, Dr Mohammad IshaqGeer, conducted the proceedings and also presented the vote of thanks.