Jharkhand News: Chairing a high-level review meeting of the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Chief Minister Hemant Soren outlined a sweeping set of directives aimed at modernising Jharkhand‘s college and university system. Speaking to departmental officers, Soren said the state’s youth remain its greatest strength, and that the government’s priority is to ensure they receive quality, employment-oriented and market-driven education that prepares them for future opportunities.
Vacant Posts to Be Filled on a Time-Bound Basis
Among the key directives, the department was instructed to ensure prompt execution of matters related to the Jharkhand State University Service Commission, so that time-bound appointments can be made to vacant teaching and administrative positions across state universities. Soren set a 15-day deadline for officials to make the commission fully functional, alongside a similar timeline for activating the state’s Coaching Regulatory Authority to oversee coaching institutions offering higher education and employment-focused courses.
The meeting also decided that the state’s colleges will be categorised based on their rankings, with corrective action plans prepared according to each institution’s specific needs.
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New-Age Courses on the Horizon
In one of the meeting’s most significant outcomes, Soren directed officials to introduce industry-oriented courses in artificial intelligence, robotics, textile design and manufacturing, logistics and shipping, electric vehicles, and semiconductor manufacturing, aimed squarely at improving graduate employability. To support this shift, Government Polytechnic Colleges are set to be upgraded into Jharkhand Institutes of Technology, and Government Technology Colleges into Birsa Institutes of Technology.
Digital Push and Institutional Upgrades
Jharkhand News: The government also gave in-principle approval to set up Computer-Based Test centres across all state universities under a public-private partnership model, and directed that live online classes be piloted at Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University and Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad, from the 2026-27 academic session. BIT Sindri is set to be upgraded into a Unitary University, while the Jharkhand Urban Planning and Management Institute will now function under the Higher and Technical Education Department.
