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similar lines.development indicators for Higher & technical
education
In the academic year 2016-2017, the government
colleges of Rajasthan witnessed an enrollment of
3,80,397 students of which 1,75,221 were girls.
In total, 9.32 lakh students were enrolled in
both government and private colleges. there are
46 private universities with 1,626 colleges in
the state.
In Rajasthan, Agriculture and allied
activities still provide over 60 per cent of all
jobs, with industry (mainly construction and
manufacturing) and services (mainly trade,
hospitality, Government and Community
services) accounting for the rest of employment.
A report published by the World Bank
says that the employment rate of Rajasthan is
reasonably high for both men and women than
most of the states in India.
out of 29 states, Rajasthan is at
11th position in terms of unemployment,
according to Fifth Annual Employment-
Unemployment survey (2015-16).
“the state Government has been creating
a number of job opportunities under various
sectors, but the increase in the job has been more
than offset by the rapid growth of population,”
said Pednekar.
Rajasthan Chief Minister vasundhara Raje is
focusing on every opportunity to bring education
sector of the state at par with global standards.
her government has allocated Rs 1,380.14 crore
for higher Education.
“Expansion in education, medical and health,
and housing facilities is envisaged creating new
opportunities for self-employment,” Pednekar
added.
Literacy rate in Rajasthan, as per 2011
census, was 66.11 per cent. of this male literacy
stands at 79.19 percent while female literacy is
52.12 percent.Latest Initiatives for the Higher and
Technical Education, Rajasthan
• Implementation of e-Governance in higher
Education through higher Education Portal
• Availability of smart Classroom in colleges
• Provide Wi-Fi facilities to students and
faculty• to encourage Massive open online Courses
(MooCs)
• Library computerisation in higher education
institutes (hEIs)
• spoken tutorials for Foss courses
• Digital classrooms in girls colleges under
CsR
• Establishment of smart science labs
• Establishment of Crowdsourced social
Platform for education
• Linking colleges with INFLIBNEt facility of
UGC
• Promotion of industry-academia linkages.
• Bhamashah sahyog link at hE Portal
• App-based Dishari initiative for guiding
students for competitive exams
• Learning English through UPER app
• to conduct skill-oriented courses in
Government colleges with IGNoU.Placement Initiative in Andhra
Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Government has set up jawahar
Knowledge Centres (jKCs) in reputed engineering
colleges in collaboration with the It industry
providing technical skills, soft skills, project
management skills and communication skills to
students.
jKC conducts Campus Placement Mission,
in which students are made aware of the
recruitment process of different companies.
Mock group discussions and interviews are
conducted for the students.
Currently, there are 43 jKCs in 23 districts
with 164 participating colleges and 40 It
companies. According to its official website, jKC
has provided job placement to 1,862 students
for the year 2014-2015.