Graduated from the same college, which is the among the best technical education institute in the state, will never let it turn into a private institute, assured Bala Bachchan, Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh during the governing body meeting of Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science
With angry teachers protesting the idea of privatisation of SGSITS, it was the prime matter discussed in the general meeting of the college. The meeting finally happened after a gap of two years.
The meeting began at 12 pm, after the inauguration of new guest house ‘Narmada Bhavan’ of the college in Vijay Nagar. Pramod Agarwal, principal secretary of technical education and Prof DB Phatak from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Mumbai.
With discussions over 40 points about development of institutes, the first one discussed was privatisation of the college. College director Rakesh Saxena said, “Teachers association had been very angry with the idea and had been protesting it with placards and raising slogans for a couple of days about the matter now.”
Explaining their side, Dr Sandeep Narulkar, president of teachers association, shared their problem and possible effects of privatisation of the college. “Privatisation will not affect all the teachers, but even students, who get into the college for quality education and fair fee,” he explained.
With no need of convincing, Bachchan said, “I studied from this college and I know how important this institute is for our state, it is the best technical education institute providing quality education for all the students.”
He assured teachers that no such privatisation of the institute will be done. “This is my alma matter and it will continue as a government institute for many years to come, so no need to worry,” Bachchan said.
Teachers association had already met and submitted a memorandum regarding the matter to the minister before the meeting. The meeting lasted for more than 5 hours, since it was conducted after 2 years.
To which, Bachchan said, “The meeting have to be organised in shorter period of time, so that we are able to stay updated with the issues and take quicker decision.” Based on his suggestion, the meetings are likely to be scheduled every year or so.
“The other 40 points that we discussed about were based on development of the institute, the current scenario and possible ways to handle our challenges, but we cannot disclose the exact details due to administrative limitations,” Saxena said.
With angry teachers protesting the idea of privatisation of SGSITS, it was the prime matter discussed in the general meeting of the college. The meeting finally happened after a gap of two years.
The meeting began at 12 pm, after the inauguration of new guest house ‘Narmada Bhavan’ of the college in Vijay Nagar. Pramod Agarwal, principal secretary of technical education and Prof DB Phatak from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Mumbai.
With discussions over 40 points about development of institutes, the first one discussed was privatisation of the college. College director Rakesh Saxena said, “Teachers association had been very angry with the idea and had been protesting it with placards and raising slogans for a couple of days about the matter now.”
Explaining their side, Dr Sandeep Narulkar, president of teachers association, shared their problem and possible effects of privatisation of the college. “Privatisation will not affect all the teachers, but even students, who get into the college for quality education and fair fee,” he explained.
With no need of convincing, Bachchan said, “I studied from this college and I know how important this institute is for our state, it is the best technical education institute providing quality education for all the students.”
He assured teachers that no such privatisation of the institute will be done. “This is my alma matter and it will continue as a government institute for many years to come, so no need to worry,” Bachchan said.
Teachers association had already met and submitted a memorandum regarding the matter to the minister before the meeting. The meeting lasted for more than 5 hours, since it was conducted after 2 years.
To which, Bachchan said, “The meeting have to be organised in shorter period of time, so that we are able to stay updated with the issues and take quicker decision.” Based on his suggestion, the meetings are likely to be scheduled every year or so.
“The other 40 points that we discussed about were based on development of the institute, the current scenario and possible ways to handle our challenges, but we cannot disclose the exact details due to administrative limitations,” Saxena said.