After become the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Narasimhan has taken directly on the education system in Andhra Pradesh. The Governor is also the Chancellor of the State Universities.

“I propose to take education seriously and anyone found guilty of violation of norms will not be spared,” he warned, adding that the future of students was of utmost importance and that they have the responsibility of providing quality education.

He said the major concerns of Indian higher education were expansion, inclusion, quality and relevance, and the Government of India, as was evident from the XIth plan document, was working on all of them.

The governor said the Andhra Pradesh Government had taken up several initiatives to make higher and technical education more accessible to all sections and to improve the overall quality of education. The state government's budgetary support to higher and technical education had increased significantly during the last five years.

Date : 09/02/2010. News by Newsofap.com