CM unimpressed with higher education sector

Updated on: Saturday, March 24, 2012

Inaugurating the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Kerala University here, the Chief minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said that the higher education sector in the state has failed to keep pace with the advancements in the global higher education scenario.

He also urged the higher education authorities to initiate immediate steps to improve the quality of higher education sector in the state. He offered all support from the government for the initiatives launched by universities.

Education minister P K Abdu Rabb, who presided over the event, said that the universities in the state have failed to publish the results of various examinations on time. There are several cases in which the universities failed to publish the results even after a year of conducting the exams, he said. He asked the university to devise a fool proof mechanism to conduct examinations and announce results on time.

The renovated Senate Hall of the university was also inaugurated on the occasion. Platinum jubilee celebration was the first function held in the renovated hall. On the occasion Uthradom Tirunal Marthanda Varma, head of Travancore royal family, presented mementos to former VCs J V Vilanilam, N Babu, B Ekbal and M K Ramachandran Nair.

Ministers K C Joseph and V S Sivakumar, and VC A Jayakrishnan were also present.
 

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