State education minister, Geeta Bhukkal said on Saturday that a state level teachers training institute had been set up at Jhajjar. It would impart pre-service and in-service training and combine the role of DIET, degree, post-graduate college and college of education.
The institute would provide a four-year integrated degree course in arts, science and commerce education and award degrees of BA, B.Sc, B.Com and B.Ed. Initially, it would have an intake capacity of 100 students. This is a residential institute of the level of Institute of Advance Studies in Education which would turn out well trained and motivated teachers, she added.She said that as a sequel to the extensive steps taken by the state government to impart quality higher education, the gross enrollment ratio (GER) in the state has reached 20.13 per cent as compared to the National GER of 19.40 per cent based on recent statistics.
Bhukkal said that higher education in Haryana had witnessed rapid expansion both in terms of the number of students as well as institutions. The government aims at providing quality access to higher education on equitable basis to all students. Efforts are being made to produce such students as can take on global challenges better than their counterparts in the neighbouring states.
She said that Haryana, under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, had taken several steps to correct regional imbalances, improve gender parity in education and raise learning achievements at all levels. Big educational reforms have been taken in the recent years for improving the scenario of education. The Right to Education Act is being effectively implemented and efforts are being made to see3 to it that no child remains deprived of education in the state.
She urged the teaching fraternity to give best possible results to make the state an education hub of international standards.
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