HRD Minister to address with 45,000 higher education institutes on May 28 at 3 pm

The Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will hold a live interaction with 45,000 higher education institutes on May 28 at 3 pm. The interaction is being conducted by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The minister will be talking about the challeneges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and how this can be turned into opportunities by the institutes, he informed through a tweet. All the higher education institutes in India are closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus



pandemic.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been directed to frame guidelines for the reopening of the varsities. The guidelines had asked higher education institutes to open classes amid social distancing for enrolled students from August. The UGC recommended to start a new batch by September, however, there is a lot of uncertainty over admissions. The minister might talk about the admission process too.

The interaction will be aimed at teachers and senior officials of degree colleges.