JAC to organize Education Conclave on 19th August

JAC to organize Education Conclave on 19th August

Cabinet Ministers, VCs, over 250 Intellectuals to participate in the conclave

Chandigarh, 18 August : Cabinet Ministers including S. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Sh. Vijay Inder Singla, S. Balbir Singh Sidhu etc would be participating in an Education Conclave-2019 to be organized by Joint Action Committee (JAC) representing over 1650 unaided institutes of Punjab under the leadership of Chairman, JAC, Sh. Ashwani Sekhri on 19th August at Hotel JW Marriott, Chandigarh.

JAC Spokesman Dr. Anshu Kataria and event coordinator S. Charanjit Singh Walia told that the conclave would be held to deliberate on Draft National Education Policy (NEP). Kataria further said that Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Directors and Vice Chancellor’s of IKG-PTU, Jalandhar, Dr. Ajay Sharma; MRS-PTU, Bathinda, Dr. MPS Isher; Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. (Dr.) BS Ghuman; Baba Farid University, Faridkot, (Dr.) Raj Bahadur & over 250 intellectuals from various Universities, Colleges, Schools etc would also deliberate on the education policy.

S. Manjit Singh, Senior Vice President, Punjab Unaided Technical Institutions Association; Dr. Anshu Kataria, President, PUCA; Sh. Jagjit Singh, President, B.Ed Federation; Mr. Charanjit Singh Walia, President, Nursing Colleges Association; Sh. Anil Chopra, Confederation of Punjab Unaided Institutions; S. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, Academic Advisory Forum (AAF); S. Nirmal Singh, ETT Federation; Mr. Jasnik Singh, B.Ed Association, PU; S. Sukhmander Singh Chatha, Punjab Unaided Degree Colleges Association (PUDCA); Mr. Shimanshu Gupta, ITI Association; S Rajinder Dhanoa, Polytechnic Association; Sh. Vipin Sharma, Confederation of Unaided Colleges Association; Dr. Satwinder Sandhu, B.Ed Association GNDU Colleges; etc would also be present.

It is to be mentioned that NEP is a 484-page draft consists of four parts:  dealing with “School Education,” “Higher Education,” “Additional Key Focus Areas,” and “Transforming Education,” with an addendum, and 14 appendices. It is animated by a vision to create an “India-centred” education system that will lead to the creation of an “equitable and vibrant knowledge society”.