Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Excerpts: PM's Speech Laying Thrust on Higher Education in Particular and Education in General

I request states also to give priority to education, as education alone is the foundation on which a progressive, prosperous society can be built. Growing revenue earnings have improved the fiscal capacity of the States. They must now give priority to education. Towards this end, our Government has decided to invest in setting up good quality schools across the country. We will support 6,000 new high quality schools -- one in every block of the country. Each such school will set standards of excellence for other schools in the area.
(Note: This ,interalia, implies that Bihar should get 534 schools(Guess these are new schools). Bihar government will do well to plan the school domain under its CSS in such a fashion as to take optimum benefit of this scheme. Mark out the domains and assign them to central government for opening these schools without compromising on CSS plan)
As our primary education programmes achieve a degree of success, there is growing demand for secondary schools and colleges. We are committed to universalizing secondary education. An extensive programme for this is being finalized. We will also ensure that adequate numbers of colleges are set up across the country, especially in districts where enrolment levels are low. We will help States set up colleges in 370 such district
( Note: Bihar should get at least 35 such colleges if not 38)
The University system, which has been relatively neglected in recent years, is now the focus of our reform and development agenda. We will set up thirty new Central Universities. Every state that does not have a central university will now have one.
(Note:Detailed plan states that there is going to be 14 new brand ones & 16 upgraded ones, Bihar must get one brand new one by providing land for the same.It must also get one upgraded central university, if not more. Since this will take the total number of CU to 53, Bihar should have got 4 of the CU though)
In order to promote science and professional education, we are setting up five new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, eight new Indian Institutes of Technology, seven new Indian Institutes of Management, and twenty new Indian Institutes of Information Technology. These will generate new educational opportunities for our youth. I am sure that, working together, we can ensure that at least a fifth of our children go to college as compared to one-tenth now.
(Note: Hopefully state will get one IISER, one IIM and two IIIT, one for hardware& design and other for software from the announcements to be made. State should brace itself for hosting these institution with adequate provisioning of land and should pursue the same diligently )

The vast majority of our youth seek skilled employment after schooling. Last year I spoke the need for a Vocational Education Mission. Such a Mission is ready to be launched. We will soon launch a Mission on Vocational Education and Skill Development, through which we will open 1600 new industrial training institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics, 10,000 new vocational schools and 50,000 new Skill Development Centres.
(Note: Bihar government should plan to host institutes in proportion to its population if it wants to do justice to the need of Bihar Populous. This implies that state gets 130 ITI’s (one each in all the 130 towns ), 813 Vocational schools (one for each police station area) & 4237 skill development centers ( one each shared between two panchayats). For urban areas state governments shall arrange the skill development centers through its own initiative shared perhaps between two ward areas)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Full_text_of_PMs_address_to_the_nation/articleshow/2282440.cms

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