10th Graduation Day of Valliammai Engineering College held
Posted on: 05/May/2014 10:09:42 AM
The 10th Graduation Day of Valliammai Engineering College was held recently. A total of 591 students were given degree certificates including 24 Anna University rank holders.
Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) A N Rai was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Rai said, �Fifty one per cent of enrolment in higher education is in aided and unaided private institutions, while governments have embarked on capacity expansion during the 11th and 12th Plans with the objective to reach a GER of 30 per cent while the private sector will have to play a very important role in realizing the target. But the general overview of the current scenario shows that GER, indicating access in higher education, is just about 20 per cent. At the time of our country�s Independence, we had 26 universities and 595 colleges. Today there are more than 700 degree awarding institutions (651 universities) and more than 35,000 colleges. This has to increase if we are to meet our targeted GER of 30 per cent.�
Founder-chairman of SRM Group T R Pachamuthu, director of VEC T P Ganesan, and principal B Chidhambararajan were present at the event.
