Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan urged university registrars to improve administrative efficiency, raise academic standards, and strengthen services for students.
A review meeting with the registrars of Tamil Nadu universities, chaired by Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan, was held at the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education on Monday.
At the meeting, the minister inquired about the academic and administrative functioning of the universities. He also explained the measures that need to be taken to improve the administrative efficiency of higher education institutions, raise academic standards, and strengthen services for students.
It was also noted that universities that have not implemented electronic processing in university offices should complete it quickly within the stipulated deadline.
In order to improve educational quality, Minister Viswanathan urged this meeting to quickly implement various ongoing efforts and practices such as curriculum restructuring, teacher skill development training, a proper academic schedule, conducting and completing examinations on time, the effectiveness of the internal complaints committee, laboratories, campus infrastructure, and expanding student services through online means.
In this meeting, Higher Education Department Secretary Dheeraj Kumar, Tamil Nadu State Higher Education Council Vice Chairman M.P. Vijayakumar, and senior officials of the Higher Education Department participated.
Appreciation for students: Under the Tamil Nadu government’s Basic Science Promotion Programme (BSPP), students are given training with appropriate curricula to strengthen their fundamental conceptual understanding and improve analytical skills in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Based on the marks obtained by the students, 180 students were selected for residential training. Under this scheme, seven students have secured admission to postgraduate courses in several premier higher education institutions in the country, including IIT, NIT, and Gandhigram Rural Institute. The minister honored these 7 students by congratulating them and presenting each of them with a prize of Rs. 10,000.
