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Enhance quality of edn in engg colleges: Nara Lokesh

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In a meeting with representatives of the Private Engineering Colleges Management Association, the State’s Minister for Education, IT, and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, emphasised the need for college managements to focus on improving the quality of education in engineering colleges. The meeting, held at Undavalli, provided a platform for the association’s representatives to bring various issues to the minister’s attention.
Minister Lokesh highlighted that due to the negligence of previous administrations, the education system had become ineffective. His government aims to bring about a transformation, starting from the primary level. He pointed out that there had been no reforms in the intermediate education sector for the last ten years, but since assuming office as HRD Minister, efforts have been made to initiate changes. He stressed the importance of improving the Gross Enrollment Ratio in all educational institutions and underscored the intent to introduce reforms that integrate moral values into the education system. He assured that any errors occurring during the implementation of these reforms would be promptly addressed.
Lokesh further stated that his government would not take unilateral decisions; instead, all policy decisions would be made through discussions and consultations. Regarding scholarships, he announced that in the first phase of the RTF scheme, ?571.96 crore out of the total ?788 crore had already been released, with the remaining ?216.04 crore to be disbursed within the next two to three days. He also urged colleges to prioritise the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF), Research & Development (R&D), and Innovations. Additionally, he requested engineering colleges to provide placement data to the government through an online platform. He outlined plans to introduce multiple reforms in the education sector and mentioned that a workshop would be conducted after the MLC elections to gather opinions on improving the quality of engineering education.
During the meeting, representatives of engineering colleges raised several concerns. They requested that fee reimbursement for engineering students be released in accordance with the academic calendar and that the current fee structure be revised, as it was deemed inadequate.
They also suggested that the EAPCET schedule be released on time and that a three-counselling system be implemented for EAPCET admissions. On placements, they urged the government to take a proactive role by organising state-level job fairs and inviting companies to university campuses for recruitment drives. Furthermore, they recommended revitalising the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) in the state and establishing three centres for conducting teacher training programmes. They also proposed introducing micro-certification under the National Credit and Quality Framework (NCQF).
MLCs Kancherla Srikanth, Bhumi Reddy Rangopal Reddy, Parchuri Ashok Babu, Vepada Chiranjeevi, President of the Private Engineering Colleges Management Association Vasireddy Vidhyasagar, former MLC Chaitanya Raju, and others were present at the meeting.

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