15 A and A+ NAAC Grade Employment Oriented Courses Will Start in Colleges  – Higher Education Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the state will start 15 most job-oriented courses from the coming session in colleges having ‘A’ and ‘A+’ grade. Along with this, vocational courses will also be prepared as per the requirement of local industries. Higher Education Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said this during the review of departmental activities on Friday.

Dr. Yadav said that in the new National Education Policy, the youths have been given freedom to choose subjects of interest other than the traditional subjects. Continuous work is being done for quality education in the state. He said that subjects like industry and tourism would also be added in the distance learning centres set up by Bhoj University. The Higher Education Minister said that the students would be prepared according to the demand of the industry and tourism sector. He said that employment-oriented courses are the need of the hour in the interest of the students. More and more employment oriented courses will be made available to the students in the colleges, so that they can get better job placement and they can also become technically proficient.

Additional Chief Secretary Higher Education Shri Shailendra Singh informed that the proposal has been sent to the Finance Department for starting new postgraduate subjects in 17 new colleges, 56 new faculties and 11 colleges. Simultaneously, a detailed project is being prepared to set up a multi-faculty college in each assembly constituency.