Professional institutes compromise on quality

LUCKNOW: The increasing number of professional institutes in the country have caught the attention of UP governor TV Rajeshwar, who feels that mushrooming institutes have compromised with the quality of professional education.
"Today, there is an explosion of professional institutes in the country," he said, stressing on employment opportunities that will have to keep pace with the supply of professionals."It is not surprising that in Delhi, even the person at the teller counter is an MBA," he said.
Delivering his presidential address at the second convocation ceremony of Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU), here on Wednesday, he said that in 1975, there were only five institutes, which offered MBA degrees, while there were 2000 institutes offering the same degree now.
He also pointed out to the country’s distinct identity nowadays, where the president was a scientist and the prime minister an economist. "There are very few countries in the world who can boast of such a unique distinction," he said.
Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, too, focussed on the quality of education. "It is the student who should be at the centre of education and it should not be imposed on them," he said, adding that absence of this attitude had brought about differences in society, often leading to violence. "Education should be for the society and for the country," said the chief minister.
The guest of honour Prof CS Jha, who was awarded the letter of honour and honorary degree of DSc by UPTU, stressed on major issues knocking at the country’s door, including the WTO regime.
Earlier, in the day, 11 students were awarded PhD degrees in different subjects. Besides these, 12 students — Shweta Singh, Manoj Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Amit Kumar Sultania, Rashmi Agarwal, Mahendra Singh, Nitin Verma, Gaurav Singhal, Nitin Kumar Garg, Kumar Shubham, Richa Gupta, Ankur Agarwal and Shilpi Tyagi were awarded gold medals.
Somya Goel, Gaurav Gumber, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Ankit Kumar Srivastava, Varun Tripathi, Juhi Bhatia, Jyotika Singhal, Vinod Sati, Sonali Gyan, Mansi Agarwal, Praveen Agarwal and Mohit Agarwal were awarded silver medals.