Tamil Nadu’s Higher Education in Crisis
R Sathyanarayana | 20 December 2024 | DT Next
Though the admissions to the engineering, polytechnic, vocational, arts and science colleges went well this year, with more students enrolling in higher educational institutions, the Higher Education Department still has several tasks pending, including the official implementation of the State Education Policy (SEP).
A series of other issues before it includes appointing vice-chancellors for six state- run universities, including the prestigious University of Madras. Similarly, the appointment of about 4,000 assistant professors in arts and science colleges is still pending despite a notification being issued in March itself….