IEP Chandigarh, August
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Haryana Higher Education Department and the United Kingdom’s Cambridge Regional College, here today.With the signing of this MoU, now the students of government colleges in Haryana will have the opportunity to study at Cambridge Regional College. Besides, the professors will also be given an opportunity to get training there. Not only this, the students from Cambridge Regional College will also be able to pursue their studies in colleges across Haryana. It is noteworthy that Cambridge Regional College ranks among the top 10 colleges in England.In the presence of Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal and Higher Education Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, Director, Higher Education, Sh. Rajiv Rattan and Assistant Principal, Cambridge Regional College, Ms. Moreen Horn signed the MOU.The exchange programme is devised in such a way whereby the faculty and students are expected to spend up to 2 Weeks in the host institution to share, learn and deliver best practices on curriculum development, innovation and technology, quality assurance process, and engagement with industry and employer. Sh. Manohar Lal, congratulated the Higher Education Department and Cambridge Regional College for signing the MoU . He said the MoU has been signed for mutual cooperation in the areas of job placement, sports education, English language programs, student exchange summer schools, and teacher training. He emphasized the need to diversify higher education and align it with the New Education Policy. He expressed hope that this joint effort will prepare the youth and faculty of government colleges of Haryana for job placements, self-employment, entrepreneurship, and incubation. Sh Manohar Lal said that this MoU would open new doors of opportunities for Haryana youth and lead to the elevation of the state’s education to global standards. He hoped that more students from abroad would come to Haryana to study subjects like Indian knowledge systems, Indian languages, Ayurveda, yoga, arts, music, history, culture, and modern India.Haryana Higher Education Minister, Sh. Mool Chand Sharma, also praised the collaboration and said that this step would further enhance the skills of the state’s youth and professors of government colleges. Additional Chief Secretary of the Higher Education Department Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan said that this programme would be implemented by “Global Training Education Programme” in partnership with Kingsmead. The MOU would further help students studying in colleges of Haryana to update their skills according to industry requirements, facilitating easier employment opportunities.The Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S. Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary of the Higher Education Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Vice Chairman of Haryana State Higher Education Council, Dr. K.C. Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Vishwakarma Skill University, Sh. Raj Nehru and other prominent personalities from England and Haryana were also present on this occasion.
