Six community colleges for State

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Rourkela: Six out of 200 Community Colleges proposed by the Union Government across the country will be set up in Odisha. These projects will be implemented on a pilot basis.

The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) has communicated to the Department of Higher Education (DoHE) in this regard recently and has advised to identify the places immediately.

Principal Secretary Higher Education, Gagan Kumar Dhal, has held talk with the district administrations in this regard, said sources.

Community Colleges are a supplementary system of education aimed at empowering individuals through appropriate skill development leading to gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and community. These colleges are a source of economic growth because they provide an educated and skilled work-force that improves the quality of life for individuals, students, communities, and the nation.

Community Colleges are being set up on a pilot basis from Academic Session 2013 in the existing colleges and polytechnics, said officials.

Now, the State Government will have to identify the colleges/polytechnics. The Government will also scout for Industry Partners including Business and Service Sector because the courses and programmes will be offered keeping in view the requirement of the local industries. This initiatives is being taken up by the MHRD with an aim of checking the drop outs and enabling them to improve their skill development, said sources.

According to statements of Union Minister HRD, Kapil Sibal, the adult literacy programme aims at covering about 70 million working populations in the bracket of 18-64 years in the country by 2020. About 60 per cent of them are women.

The Union Government is trying to rope in international experts to execute the programme while two international conferences will be held on February 6 and 7 at New Delhi to discuss the issue threadbare.

Experts, managers of Community Colleges, officials from states and senior officials of relevant industries from USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Germany will participate in the conference, added the official.

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