CHANDIGARH: The interests of the private-aided colleges that have been providing services in this field for a long time will be fully protected, assured Punjab higher education minister Pargat Singh.
Pargat held a meeting with the Federation of Managements of Non-Government Aided Colleges during which he said in the field of education, there was a huge contribution of government institutions as well as many missionary educational institutes from where the youth of the state have made great strides by getting higher education.
Many of these institutions are more than a century old and the state government is committed to protect the interests of these institutions. Most of the demands related to administrative and financial matters.
The minister also said a committee of academic experts would be constituted to run and lead the higher education department, which would include all the stakeholders.
