Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani, who inaugurated the European Higher Education Fair here on Sunday, lauded Joao Cravinho, the Ambassador of the European Union, for supporting the Indian initiative and highlighted the benefits of 'Know Your College' portal.
"I am glad that European Union Minister has considered supporting the Indian initiative. Additionally, if you go to the 'Know Your College' portal, first time in the independent Indian history we have 20,000 hours of video lecture facility which is available free of cost to our students," Irani said.
Talking of the 'Know Your College' portal, she said that it has information on all colleges and institutions that are registered with regulators.
"Today, I am joined with the Ambassador of the European Union who has said that he will make available to us all the institutions that are registered with the European Union regulators," said Irani.
"The children who want to explore new opportunities are not bogged down by challenges. When they leave the Indian shores, they are trapped through agencies or agents and end up going to institutions which are not registered," she added.
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She further said that they are exploring ideas for evolving strategies within the ministry, wherein people from villages as well as from cities and from blocks as well as districts can have a voice in the new education policy when it is formulated.
"So, we will look at possibilities where we get academic experts domestically, internationally but also people who are the real stake holders in how education portals are rolled out," she added.
The two-day European Higher Education Fair will see participation from nearly 100 universities.
