The state aims to achieve a Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of 50 per cent by 2025- Smt Seema Trikha
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, June 19-
Haryana Education Minister Seema Trikha assured that vacant academic and non-academic posts in the state's colleges and universities will be expeditiously filled.
The Education Minister gave this assurance during a meeting with the delegation of "Welfare Association of Management of Private Aided Colleges" that had come to meet her. The delegation was also accompanied by MLA Kaithal Sh Leela Ram, Association President former MLA Sh Tejveer Singh and General Secretary Sardar A.S. Oberoi.
The "Welfare Association of Management of Private Aided Colleges" demanded the Education Minister that permission be given to fill the vacant academic and non-academic sanctioned posts in the government aided colleges of the state so that the studies of the students do not hamper. The delegation apprised the Minister that a letter was sent by the Director, Higher Education Department to all the Government Aided Private Colleges of the state in December 2023, instructing them not to recruit academic and non-academic staff till further orders, adversely affecting students' academic progress. Previous permissions for recruitment had also been rescinded, exacerbating the situation.
Assuring the delegation of prompt action, the Education Minister said that she would get the mater reviewed comprehensively and take necessary steps to resolve the same.
She underscored that the state government is actively fostering self-reliance among youth through transformative reforms in higher education. Notably, Haryana has witnessed a substantial increase in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) over the past seven years across its colleges and universities. Currently, Haryana's GER stands at 32 per cent, with female GER at 34.8 per cent, as per the All India Survey Report 2020-21, surpassing the national averages of 27.5 per cent and 27.8 per cent respectively. The state aims to achieve a GER of 50 per cent by 2025, the Minister added.