Priya Sethi visits PMSSS counseling centre at GCW Gandhi Nagar
July 29: Minister of State for Education, Technical Education,
Priya Sethi today visited the Govt College for Women Gandhi Nagar Jammu and
reviewed the progress of ongoing counseling sessions being held there for Prime
Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS).During the visit, the Minister
was informed that there has been a tremendous response at the sessions. As on
4th day, over one thousand students have been allotted colleges as per their
chosen field of study and many more students will be covered over the next
days.The Minister said that with the increase in number of available seats by
AICTE from 2 to 10 in multiple colleges across India, under PMSSS, the
meritorious students will get an opportunity to go forward with their studies
without being held back by lack of economic resources.“PMSSS improves the
chances for students hailing from J&K to get into prestigious national
level institutes like Lady Hardinge Medical College, SRCC and many others
despite stiff competitions” she added.The Minister said that various awareness
camps were organised in different educational institutions at district levels
to educate the students to come forward and avail the benefits of PMSSS and the
campaign was very successful with students from far reaches coming forward and
participating.She also interacted with the students and asked them to avail
maximum benefits from this scheme.Priya Sethi said that the counseling sessions
are being conducted in a very systematic and meticulous manner under the direct
supervision and guidance of UGC and AICTE officials. The students and parents
alike are benefitting from the direct guidance from the experts.During the
visit, Secretary Higher Education Department, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Director
AICTE Delhi, Dr S K Goyal, Deputy Director AICTE Anand Sharma, Officer Special
Secretary Higher Education Department Nitu Gupta, ADDC Jammu Anuradha Gupta,
Principal GGM Science College Ajit Angral, Principal GCW Gandhi Nagar Kiran
Bakshi and senior officers of various departments were also present.
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