Call for roadmap to revitalise TN’s higher education system.
The delays had increased the workload of existing teachers and affected teaching quality, research output and student support, he said. Chennai: Anna University former vice-chancellor E Balagurusamy has urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to take urgent steps to regulate fees in higher educational institutions, fill vacancies in key university posts including vice-chancellors and draw up a time-bound roadmap to revitalise the state’s higher education system. Vacancies in key administrative posts, including registrars and controllers of examinations, faculty positions should also be filled within a stipulated timeframe. The appeal also called for adequate and timely funding for salaries, pensions and essential university operations, besides the creation of a dedicated State University Research and Innovation Fund to support laboratories and doctoral research. To provide long-term direction, Balagurusamy proposed a higher education revitalisation mission comprising educationists, university administrators, researchers, industry representatives and other stakeholders. The mission should prepare a measurable roadmap covering governance, faculty development, student welfare, research, funding, quality assurance and equitable access.