VC KU interacts with Valley Oriental college Principals

Make your students visible: VC to principals Srinagar, July 17: Oriental colleges have played a historical role by serving education at a time when there was virtually no education system prevalent in the valley, said Vice Chancellor Kashmir University Prof Riyaz Punjabi, Thursday to the Principals and faculty of KU affiliated oriental collages of the valley . The meeting was organized by the department of Persian in the conference hall of the department at the KU campus.The meeting was held on the sidelines of the valedictory event of the three week refresher course in Persian organized by department of Persian University of Kashmir for the students and faculty of the oriental collages and the university students. The course was sponsored by the Cultural House of the Iranian embassy in New Delhi.Our oriental collages here have to recognize that the world has undergone a transformation and they have to blend new technologies with the curricula they already have to help students to face the new challenges of the modern world bravely, said Prof Riyaz Punjabi while emphasizing the importance of new technologies in the present day world.While making the commitment that Kashmir university will help the oriental collages to train their manpower VC directed Dean arts Prof A H Tak ,present in the meeting to take necessary steps to orient teachers of these collages with knowledge of English as well. Emphasizing that science and technology has not been as much a bench mark of west as of Islam VC told the special audience that in today’s world information is the power and therefore the students and the faculty of the oriental collages of our valley can not lag behind in this area as well. .” we got to make our students visible “ said VC to principals adding that KU will go step ahead whenever these collages approach for any help to realize this dream.VC was happy to learn when he was informed by some principals that they have already introduced science teaching in their curricula. VC later handed over books and modern state of art gadgets to these principals as donation by University of Kashmir for their students. VC also inaugurated two newly development language laboratories at Department of Persian Kashmir University.The Registrar Kashmir University, Prof Syed Fayaz told the visiting principals that we need to bridge the gaps and come closer to help our student community. . The Head of the Department Persian, Prof M M Masoodi delivered the key note address during the function and informed VC of the role the oriental colleges are playing in helping the student education in rural areas . . Faculty and students of Oriental colleges Darul-Aloom Hanfia Arabia College, Noor Bagh, srinagar , Oriental College, Rajouri Kadal Srinagar, Madinatul-Aloom, Hazratbal, Srinagar , Islamic Oriental College, Tral, Kashmir , Jamiya-Tul-Banat, Umaer Colony Lal Bazar, Srinagar and Jamia Babul Islamia Budgam partici[pated in the meet. The students and scholars of Kashmir University also participated in the event besides a large some religious scholars. (PRO KU)