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S. P. Thyagarajan (right), Vice-Chancellor, Madras University, releasing the book `Best to the Least' at a function organised by The Madras Centre for Research and Development of Community Education and Community Colleges in India in Chennai on Frida y. The first copy of the book was received by Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali (center) Prince of Arcot. The author of the book, Xavier Alphonse (left), looks on. — Photo: K.V. Srinivasan
CHENNAI, NOV. 12. The Vice-Chancellor of Madras University, S.P. Thyagarajan, said today that "para-formal" education would help increase the number of students receiving higher education. At a book release function organised by the Madras Centre for Research and Development of Community Education (MCRDCE), Dr. Thyagarajan said the increase could be from six per cent to 20 per cent. Dr. Thyagarajan, who leads an expert team working on a report to promote community college education affiliated to a university, said he would send the report shortly to the University Grants Commission, the State and the Central Governments for approval. He handed the first copy of the compilation of the profiles of community colleges in India authored by Xavier Alphonse to the Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali. The MCRDCE director, Alphonse, said: "We have 120 community colleges in 14 States of India to empower the disadvantaged." The movement had trained more than 15,000 poor and disadvantaged students. His book, Best to the Least — Profile of Community Colleges in India, the seventh in the series, has thumbnail sketches of several such institutions. The former vice-president of HRD, Ford India, Anto Vincent, lauded the 12-month programmes in community colleges that teach work skills apart from personality development and communication skills. Students also have to undergo a month-long internship. Rev. S.J. Christie, Director of LIBA, Loyola College, hailed the progress the colleges had made since 1995.
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