KAKINADA: Andhra Pradesh Higher Education Planning Board met on Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) campus here with nearly 50 vice chancellors participating in the meeting.
Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) secretary Y. Nazir Ahmed was convenor of the meeting.
Addressing the meeting as chief guest, University Grants Commission chairman M. Jagadish Kumar disclosed that UGC is making efforts to set up campuses of foreign universities in India itself, including Andhra Pradesh. Students will then not have to go abroad for their studies.
Jagadish said UGC will be training 15 lakh faculty members in the coming two years. Skilling will be an important part of the curriculum. Skill education will start from the primary school itself, he stated.
Speaking on the occasion, principal secretary (Education) J. Syamala Rao said AP is in the forefront of implementing the new National Education Policy.
APSCHE chairman K. Hemachandra Reddy said gross enrolment ratio has increased to 37.2 per cent, which will contribute to the country’s development.
Education commissioner Pola Bhaskar said the state government has taken several steps to provide better technical education at the college level.
JNTUK vice-chancellor G.V.R. Prasada Raju said that their university has signed MoUs with foreign universities for providing global education in AP.
APSCHE vice chairman K. Rammohan Rao was present.
