Higher Education Minister, Punjab, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Sunday said that major reforms have been initiated in the higher education sector in order to make the youth of Punjab employable within the country. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, school, medical and technical education sectors are being focused upon to ensure a robust educational structure, he said.
The minister was speaking during a state-level seminar on Higher Education in Punjab and New State Government: Hopes, Aspirations, Visions, and the Road Ahead at Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, organised by Association of Unaided College Teachers (AUCT), Punjab and Chandigarh. The seminar was attended by around 400 unaided teachers from colleges across the state and the UT.
Hayer said that with the reforms initiated by the state government, not only will the exploitation of teachers end, but higher education will be made affordable and skill-based, thus making the teachers employable in the country with provision of jobs. Career-oriented higher education is the great need of the present time, said the minister, adding that a committee will be formed to identify and resolve the issues of higher education institutions of Punjab.
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Hayer called upon the students of colleges and universities to actively participate in the ‘Khedan Watan Punjab Deya’, a two-day sporting extravaganza being organised by the state government from August 29. Renowned educationist Dr. Piyara Lal Garg delivered the keynote address while former Advocate General, Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu; senior journalist, Jatinder Pannu, and Vice Chancellor, Rayat Bahra University, Dr. Parvinder Singh also participated in the deliberations.
