CII for building two new education cities in Uttarakhand

Focusing on the education sector, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has sought the development of education cities, one each in Garhwal and Kumaon regions of Uttarakhand.

The city should have educational institutions across the spectrum with common facilities like labs, auditoriums, libraries and research facilities,” CII said in the ‘Uttarakhand pre-Budget memorandum 2011-12’.

Apart from providing skilled manpower to the industry in the state, setting up of an education city would lead to development of education as an industry in Uttarakhand, said the memorandum. The memorandum has already been presented to Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar by CII Uttarakhand state Council Chairman Rajiv Berry.

 

Stating the public investment in skills may not suffice in creating adequately trained manpower, CII said steps should be taken to encourage public-private partnerships (PPPs) in skills development. “The state government should look at setting up of skills development institutes through the PPP mode,”