Education regulator to tie up with industry

Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News Service
Shimla, July 23

The Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPEIRC) will collaborate with the industry to know its job requirements.

“We are planning to create a job opportunity cell, which will act as an interface between the industry and the private educational institutions in the state,” said Maj Gen Atul Kaushik (Retd), Chairman (HPPIERC). He added that the idea was to reduce the gap in skills needed for jobs.

TO CREATE JOB CELL

The role of the cell will be to identify job requirements in the industry and help in bridging the gap between the theoretical and practical aspects of jobs, besides helping the educational institutions to start certificate courses, which are needed to provide an edge to the students.

The role of the cell would be to identify job requirements in the industry and help in bridging the gap between the theoretical and practical aspects of jobs, besides helping the educational institutions to start certificate courses, which are needed to provide an edge to the students, he said.

In the first week of August, an interactive session will be held with the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) to discuss the possibility of research and methodology to start defence and strategic courses in private institutions and provide higher learning prospects for all ranks of the Army in the institutions.

“The world is changing fast and we also need to be well-equipped with the changing and challenging times. The prospects of conducting defence and security-related diploma courses like hacking, security and drone management will be discussed with the Army Commander,” he said.