Omar for efforts to boost higher education in JK

Updated on: Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was need for a comprehensive vision  document for development of higher education in the state in a balanced and scientific manner.
  
Addressing the first meeting of J&K State Advisory Council for Higher Education (ACHE) here, Omar termed development of the sector as need of the hour to meet modern challenges and asked educationists to work in this regard.
  
"Vice Chancellors of various universities and educational experts should come up with this document for deliberations and finalisation in the Council so that it forms an appropriate edifice for achieving academic excellence in the state," he said, calling for efforts to make the state the choicest destination for higher studies.
  
He said the development of human resource in educational centres should be qualitative enough to attract students from other places to pursue higher studies in Jammu and Kashmir.

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