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Nodal officers of secular colleges are seen with the Director of Higher Education, Kuholi Chishi, Joint Registrar of Nagaland University, Shyien Vihienuo, State Nodal Officer, Rokono P Keyho and other officers of Higher Education during the AISHE meeting.[/caption]
Kohima, Sep 20 (EMN): Director of Higher Education, Kuholi Chishi, has urged every institution to qualitatively prove themselves and catch up with the rest of the country through their participation and efficiency of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE).
She said this at a meeting on AISHE held today in the conference hall of the Directorate of Higher Education to discuss quality issues related with data and status of AISHE 2016-17. She observed that through AISHE, institutions have been able to properly manage their human resource and are also able to ascertain the number of people within the institution.
Stating that it is a systematised way of working, she said it is also a test to their abilities as nodal officers. While admitting the difficulty of their job, she also lauded the nodal officers for their hard work, skill and ability. She also congratulated the nodal officers for their efficiency in operating online thereby making the institutions function not only in a systematised manner but also with transparency.
Stating that “only skilled people can do this,” she expressed hope that the abilities of the nodal officers are further enhanced. “It reflects the very essence of quality in you,” she maintained and urged upon them to continue to maintain a good label in the AISHE portal. Joint Registrar of Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Shyien Vihienuo, highlighted on the registration of the university in the AISHE survey project wherein all the affiliated colleges also got registered and the accounts of the colleges are maintained by the nodal officers. She also informed that a separate AISHE cell has been set up at Nagaland University to give technical support and further giving emphasis on the importance of accurate data. In this regard, she called upon the nodal officers to give correct information.
State Nodal Officer, Rokono P Keyho, said that AISHE was officially launched in 2011 and is now in its 7th year. Referring to Nagaland, she said there are 4 universities, 64 affiliated colleges and 16 standalone institutions including 4 polytechnics, 3 nursing institutions, 9 teacher education institutes. She also asserted on quality statistics and quality uploading while impressing upon the nodal officers to be accurate on whatever data they are uploading.
Stating that many important government policies that are being made also depended on AISHE data, she said, “You all play a very important role in this endeavour.” Participants of the AISHE meeting included nodal officers of secular colleges.
