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| Monday, February 18, 2008
Vice-Chancellors to meet in Chennai
MADURAI: A meeting of Vice-Chancellors of all universities in
the State will be held at Chennai on February 19 to discuss
budget allocation for higher education for 2008-09.
The Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudi has convened the
meet to get their views on various issues pertaining to admission,
infrastructure, courses, curriculum and job placement, P. Maruthamuthu,
Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, said here on
Saturday that the University Grants Commission (UGC) too had
called for a meeting of Vice-Chancellors in New Delhi on February
21 for their presentation of reports on Tenth Plan expenditure.
Budget for higher education
According to G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore, the Minister held a meeting with academicians
with regard to budget for higher education “and he is
now taking inputs from the heads of universities.’
Since the latest thrust was on providing access to higher education
to all, several issues connected to that would come up for deliberation,
he said.
Meanwhile, official sources said that apart from academicians
and Vice-Chancellors, the Minister for Higher Education also
had plans to have separate meetings with Principals and student
representatives so as to get a comprehensive picture of the
requirements. Plans of opening more arts and science colleges
in districts were also expected to figure at the meetings.
Virtual universities
The Madurai Kamaraj University Vice-Chancellor attended a meeting
in New Delhi on Friday under the aegis of Consortium of Educational
Communication, a wing of the UGC.
“The emphasis was on developing ‘virtual universities’
with thrust on deploying technology-based teaching in rural
areas. This would benefit students who cannot afford to go over
to towns and cities,” Dr. Maruthamuthu said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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