The School Education, Higher Education, Sports and NRIAffairs Minister Pargat Singh on Monday directed the above said fourdepartments to form committees of experts. Experts in their respective fieldswill give advice to ensure smooth functioning of the departments as per theground realities. This decision was taken by the Minister in a meeting with topofficials of these departments.
In a press communiqué issued after the meeting, PargatSingh said that a committee of educationists and teachers has been constitutedfor the School Education department, prominent writers along with educationistsfor the Higher Education and Languages department, renowned sportspersons forthe Sports department and top notch NRIs for the NRI Affairs department.
The Minister further said that the eminent professionalswould be included in these committees of advisors who while specializing intheir respective fields, also have personal experience and vision as well asaction plan to take these fields forward. The far-sightedness and experience ofthe experts will be effectively utilized and the departments will be run inline with the opinion of the experts.
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During the meeting, the Education and Sports Minister toldthe officials that the people of the state especially the youth have highexpectations from the state government and enormous hard work has to be done tolive up to their expectations. He also added that since the functions of allthe departments are interconnected, the coordination should be further improvedso that the schemes could be implemented at the grass root level.
Prominent amongst others who were present in the meeting includedSecretary, School Education and Sports & Youth Services Ajoy Sharma,Secretary, Higher Education & Languages and NRI Affairs Krishan Kumar,Director Sports DPS Kharbanda, DPI (Colleges) Paramjit Singh and DPI (SchoolEducation) Sukhjit Pal Singh.