PM asks stakeholders to address issues of faculty

By SiliconIndia Education   |   Monday, 06 January, 2014
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday asked stakeholders in higher
education to urgently consider the issues of quality and shortage of
faculty and find methods to resolve them.

"We can be reasonably
proud of the achievements of the alumni of our premier institutes of
higher education. They have done exceptionally well in a diverse range
of areas all over the world," the prime minister said.

Manmohan Singh was speaking at the diamond jubilee celebrations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) here.

Raising
the issue of shortage of faculty in institutes of higher education, the
prime minister said: "This problem is likely to become even more acute
with the expansion (in higher education) that is planned in the coming
years."

"I would urge the UGC and other stakeholders in the
higher education system to urgently consider the issues of quality and
shortage of faculty and find innovative methods of resolving them," he
said.

Source: IANS
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