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J&K Govt Sets Eyes On IT Education
With a view to seizing opportunities thrown open by the country`s booming IT industry, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to introduce computer science as a subject in all schools right from primary classes.
Computer science as a subject would be introduced in every school so that enough professionals are available for the expanding information technology sector in the country, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed said, addressing a function at a government polytechnic college here.
Introduction of computer education at primary level would create ample job opportunities for computer engineers in the state, he said.
Sayeed`s coalition government has already accorded top priority to technical education in the state, with a view to make it easy for youths to find jobs as soon as they complete their education.
Corporate India is a massive employment generating sector with the country having a wide technology base, Sayeed noted.
Bangalore alone generates Rs 22,000 crore in revenues through outsourcing annually, he said, adding that students of Jammu and Kashmir should also take advantage of these opportunities.
Asserting that government on its part had prioritised technical and job oriented courses in education, sayeed said the country`s public sector was very considerate about the state and would welcome any number of professionals from here.
He said the Reliance group was setting up an Institute of Management in Kashmir and the government had already allotted the land. The institute would be similar to the one in Ahmedabad (gujarat) run by the company, he said.
Stating that providing quality education was a major concern, the chief minister pointed out that his government had taken several significant steps like introduction of english language as a compulsory subject in primary schools, starting nursery classes in government schools and upgradation of existing institutions and opening new schools and colleges.
At the university level too, additional campuses were established, he said, adding that 18 degree colleges would be set up in the state including 14 under the Prime Minister`s package and four approved by the union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh.
He said getting education back on rails – a sector hit hard by militant violence in the state since 1989 – was one of the daunting tasks before his government.
The chief minister also asked the state`s technical education department to start degree courses in government polytechnics, saying the infrastructure available in the refurbished institutes was sufficient for the purpose.
He also exhorted polytechnics to increase intake capacity for computer courses.