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A Conference of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities
and Directors of Central
Technical Institutions will be inaugurated by Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development, here at Vigyan Bhavan on coming Monday, the 10th November,
2008. The Conference is being
organized on the eve of the First National Education Day. The
Conference will discuss many important issues relating to Higher Education including:
- The status of utilization
of financial assistance provided to Universities and Central funded Technical
Institutions for implementation of OBC reservation,
- Status and Issues relating
to filling all the reserved seats in admission.
- Financial Assistance
to be extended to Central Educational Institutions during XIth Plan for expansion of Higher Education to achieve
the objective of ‘access’ with ‘excellence’.
- Recommendation of Chadha Committee in regard to quality issues pertaining
to higher education.
The Conference will be followed by a Panel discussion on ‘Issues Related
to Higher Education in XIth Plan’ which will be presided
by Shri R. P. Agrawal, Secretary (HE) with Prof. Sukhdeo
Thorat, Chairman UGC, Prof. Goverdhan
Mehta and Prof. A. Gnanam on the panel. -------------------------- KKP/sa
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