Bengaluru, Dec 25 (UNI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayana, today said that the State government is ready to provide autonomous status to higher educational institutions and engineering colleges if they fulfilled the eligibility criteria.
Speaking after inaugurating a seminar on ‘Good Governance Day’ held to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna AB Vajpayee, he said, “the government is ready to give autonomy and freedom in every sector including higher education. The government does not believe in a rigid controlling mindset. More and more, polytechnic, engineering colleges should try to get autonomous status.”
Ashwath Narayan, who also holds the higher education portfolio, said the higher education institutions should consolidate local co-operation, enhance skill, leverage technology, ensure the judicious execution of responsibility in their way to become autonomous.