From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Feb 25: The Higher Education Department of Karnataka has made mandatory use of E-Office software by all the universities in the State and asked them to submit files online only by using the ‘E-Office’ software platform.
Stating this, Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, has instructed the officials of the department to send back the files which arrive in physical format after March 1, 2022.
In a letter written to Additional Chief Secretary of the department regarding this, the minister said: “Universities were instructed earlier to submit all the files through ‘E-Office.’ But it has come to my notice that some of the universities have still not implemented E-Office despite prior instruction to do so.”
Though his office was functioning completely based on ‘E-Office,’ Dr Narayan said letters, files and proposals from Universities were still being sent in physical format.
Expressing dissatisfaction over this, he has said this has defeated the very purpose of implementation of ‘E-Office’.
The objective of the ‘E-Office’ is to enable speedy delivery of services and to bring transparency in the system.
Universities will become irrelevant if the universities do not adapt to the present-day work patterns, Dr Narayan has added.
The Minister has also instructed to constitute a committee to get a report within 15 days on digitalization, Unified University and College Management System (UUCMS), National Academic Depository (NAD) which are being implemented as per New Education Policy (NEP-2020)
Science Day by Dept from next year
Dr Narayan has announced that National Science Day will be celebrated by the State’s Science and Technology Department throughout Karnataka from next year to make the celebration meaningful.
He was speaking at the 29th National Science Convention of Children organized by the Karnataka State Science Council.
The minister said Science and Technology were playing a key role in the State’s progress and development and pointed out that the contribution of technological innovations in Karnataka’s social development and reforms was immense.
Science plays a crucial role in the development in all spheres, he said and emphasized the importance of inculcating the love for learning science and mathematics in the children from the primary school stage itself. All of us need to develop scientific temper and mindset, he said.
Dr Narayan said the early stage of education, especially from the age of 3 to12 were crucial in the learning of Children as 85% of the learning was done at this stage, which forms the foundation for human development and progress.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh, MLC S V Sankanur, State Science Council chairman Girish Kadlewada, scientists Dr Anuradha, K V Malini, B N Srinath and M S Hariprasad participated.