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Hard work pays:Bannari Amman Institute of Technology Chairman ERODE: The higher education system in the country needs immediate reforms, providing flexibility in the curricula and the governance of educational institutions, besides ensuring quality in the education, VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan has said. The system in the country has remained rigid for long, which has affected the expansion of higher education especially in the area of medicine. “A fast growing economy such as India needs a good education system to sustain the growth momentum,” he says while participating in the annual day celebrations of Bannari Amman Institute of Technology in Sathyamangalam on Thursday. Only 12 per cent of the population in the country have access to higher education, which is lower than the world average of 27 per cent. The country needed more universities to improve the access to higher education. “But the government is not encouraging the establishment of more universities. The Professor Yaspal Committee set up by the government had suggested that good colleges in the country can be converted into universities. But this suggestion was not effectively implemented,” he said. Mr. Viswanathan said that an artificial scarcity was being created in the field of medical education. “A country with 120 billion population has less than 40,000 medical seats. As a result, the cost of medical education remains higher and the country does not have enough doctors and nurses,” he pointed out. This situation should change. “The government should bring in immediate reforms, making the higher education system more flexible and promoting quality,” he stressed. Instead of trying to implement more regulations on the educational institutions, particularly in the private sector, the government should take steps to measure the quality of education offered in the institutions and let the people know about it, Mr. Viswanathan said. Institute Chairman S.V. Balasubramaniam, presiding over the celebrations, called upon the engineering and technology students to contribute to the process of nation-building. Students should work for the development of science and technology, which was important for the growth of the nation, he added. Institute Director S.K. Sundararaman, Chief Executive A.M. Natarajan and Principal A. Shanmugam spoke. Later, Mr. Viswanathan presented gold medals and certificates to best performing students of the institute. Scholarships worth Rs. 47 lakh was given to 224 students. A. Arun of Department of Civil Engineering received the Vice-Chancellor R. Subbayyan Award and a Rolling Cup for Best Outgoing Student (Boy). P. Mahalakshmi of Department of Biotechnology received the Pankajakshi Subbayyan award and a Rolling Cup for Best Outgoing Student (Girl).
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