Academic conference of principals from Feb 28

bangalore: a two-day academic conference of principals of government, aided and unaided degree colleges in karnataka will be held on february 28 and march 1 at mount carmel college in bangalore. the theme is equity, quality and empowerment in collegiate education. higher and medical education minister g. parameshwara will inaugurate the meet, federation of degree college principals associations of karnataka president k.e.radhakrishna said on saturday. the highlight of the meet is a panel discussion on education policies of former education ministers including k.h. ranganath, b. subbaiah shetty, d. manjunath, b. somashekar, b.a. mohideen, basavaraja patil attur and m. raghupathy, to be held on march 1. former chief minister veerappa moily will preside over the conference and legislative council chairman b.l. shankar will deliver the valedictory address. ``higher and collegiate education is under tremendous pressure with changing societal dynamics. with mandalisation, liberalisation and globalisation posing new challenges, collegiate education system should evolve to fulfil the aspirations of all classes of society,'''' radhakrishna said.