The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved the formation of the state higher education council, aimed at ensuring quality education.
A bill in this regard will be brought in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, an official spokesperson said. "The move is aimed at ensuring planned and coordinated development of higher education in the state.
"The council to be headed by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will have the higher education minister as its vice chairman and administrative secretary, higher education as member secretary," he said. The move would fulfil one of the pre-requisites of the next phase of Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan-2 (RUSA) for the state to be eligible for receiving grants under the central scheme.
It was primarily aimed at ensuring quality higher education in Punjab's institutions by facilitating optimum sharing of resources between universities and colleges, especially for research purposes, academic and governance reforms, besides monitoring and evaluation of higher education institutions, the spokesman said.