Javadekar asks teachers to develop bond with students

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar on January 24, 2019, inaugurated through video conferencing a two-day workshop on ‘Leadership Development in Higher Education’ for Vice-Chancellors organised by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in New Delhi.

Addressing the Vice Chancellors, HRD Minister Javadekar said that the country has put tremendous faith in us and to meet the expectations, we must have a vision to shape the future of higher education as well as facilitate institutional transformation. He said our future action plan should focus on improving quality of education, developing infrastructure, promoting research environment, promoting usage of technology, etc, to take our institutions to the next higher level. He added that a regular monitoring and seeking reports from different committees should be done in a timely manner.

The Minister advised all the Vice Chancellors that as the leader they must hold discussion with all the stakeholders like teachers, administration and the students, in any decision making process. He stressed on the need for the teachers to build a bond with the students to ensure their all round development. He said that there is a need to deliberate on ways to strengthen the faculty, enhance their competency to deal with managing the changed social and technological context of teaching and learning.

” We need to understand the ways of developing teaching and research skills along with curriculum planning and assessment practices,” Javadekar said, according to a PIB release.