Itanagar, Nov 27 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Education minister Honchun Ngandam Tuesday called for reforms in the education sector to ensure fundamental changes at all levels of operation.
Addressing vice-chancellors and college principals, at the inaugural session of a workshop here, he said the fundamental changes require greater accountability, transparency, and morality. "Time has come to create a wave of institutional building and of excellence in the fields of higher education, research, and capability with enhanced capacities," he said.
The minister said that the challenge of quality education with globalisation as an opportunity calls for change in the mindset of all the stakeholders. Higher Education institutions (HEIs) should foster their link with their community at the local, national and regional levels, to answer societys needs, Ngandam said.

The minister said quality in technical education is an indication of the quality of society and country and its economic growth and the quality should be imparted in all aspects of a technical institute. He called for a holistic approach to design the quality of an academic organisation.

Terming the workshop as important, Bangalore-based National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) advisor Dr M S Shyamasundar said that NAAC reviews the institutional quality procedures on a regular basis in order to safeguard the quality of HEIs. Out of the 56 higher education institutions in the state, only one university and seven colleges have been accredited by the NAAC.

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