Srinagar
Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with the consortium, the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET-2018) organised a Vice-Chancellors/Nodal Officers meet cum 3-day workshop on “Quality Control In Higher Education; Opportunities And Challenges.”
The spokesman said that Vice Chancellors of Six Central Universities and Nodal officers from eight central universities and Executive Officer of BA School of Economics are participating in the workshop beside the faculty of the Central University of Kashmir.
The workshop was organised to discuss the strategies and best practices in higher education planning, policymaking, execution and control. While welcoming the guests, Registrar Professor Mohammad Afzal Zargar elaborated upon the need for the introduction of the academic audit, use of ICT, NKN and other networks alongside the development of forwarding linkages with the industries and research institutions and backward linkages with the institutions of senior and secondary schools.
He also elaborated upon the need for reforms in examination patterns and also focuses on meaningful research to establish higher quality standards. The role and inclusion of private organizations in higher education amid controlled mechanism can play a key role in improving the GER of the country, added Professor Zargar.
Addressing the gathering, Central University of Kashmir, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mehraj ud Din Mir expressed optimism that CUCET is providing a wider canvass to the aspirants to seek admission in different Universities of the country. He underscored the need for sharing of common resources, common curriculum and exchange of faculty and students. Mir divulged that moral education and ethical conditioning of the students takes place at an early stage, but higher education has to make them relevant to the needs of the society.
Delivering the inaugural address, Central University of Rajasthan, Vice-Chancellor, Professor A K Pujari, stated that in order to affect the student’s exchange programmes, we need to have a slight differentiation within the broader framework of similarity. He revealed that differentiation in our programmes paves way for signing MoUs. He also suggested that CUCET platform after their commendable contributions towards admission processes can come forward and explore the extension of collaborations and exchange of faculty and students among the member universities.
The workshop on the theme would discuss on a number of subthemes over a period of three days amid seven technical sessions through lead lectures, discussions and panel discussions.
