Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana stepped towards achieving a new level of education

Ludhiana, July 25, 2018: Celebrating and marking the centenary year of establishment Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana stepped towards achieving a new level of education. The college has gained a grant from UGC for starting 8 new courses in commerce, management and computer science under National Skill Qualification Framework(NSQF) of UGC.
Two schemes are obtained: The community college and Vocational Courses. Under Community college scheme four courses on Hardware and Network Maintenance Technology, Information & Web Technology, Accounting and Finance and Tourism Management are granted under certificate, Diploma and Degree level. Under B. Vocational degree programme four courses on Web Technology and Multimedia, e-commerce & Digital Marketing, Banking & Finance Services and Retail Management are granted.
India,at present, is recognized as one of the youngest nations in the world with over 50% of the population under the age of 30 years. It is estimated that by about 2025, India will have 25% of the world’s total workforce. In order to harness the full demographic dividend, India needs an educational system which is of high quality, affordable, flexible and relevant to the individuals, economy and to the society as a whole.
The country faces a demand – supply mismatch, as the economy needs more ‘skilled’ workforce and also the managers and entrepreneurs than created annually.There is a worldwide shift from conventional educational system to competence based qualification system.
Sharing the information regarding the courses Dr. S. P. Singh, Honorary Gen. Secretary, GKEC and Ex- Vice Chancellor, GNDU, Amritsar, emphasized the importance of running these type of skill based courses in parallel to the regular courses. In today’s scenario, the skill based courses in Commerce and IT equip the students with the skills needed for industrial advancement. In addition, he marked it as a proud moment for the college to achieve this approval from UGC. It is important to mention here that this time, our college is among the two colleges of Punjab, affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh which have been granted the status of community college. Moreover, the number of courses received under the scheme is highest for us. It’s worthwhile to add that an approximate grant of more than 5 crores is expected to be received from Ministry of HRDC.
Ludhiana being an industrial town needs such type of courses to develop entrepreneurship and employability. The major benefit of the courses will be that the students can transform themselves according to the requirements of government and semi- government sectors. Dr. Singh stressed that educational institution should incorporate the needs of industrial sector and develop syllabi fulfilling the requirements of students and employment.
On this occasion S. Gursharan Singh Narula, President GKEC, congratulated all the members of the management committee, Principal Dr. Arvinder Singh and Staff members for this achievement.
Principal Dr. Arvinder Singh said that it’s the farsightedness and able guidance of the college management that our college is achieving new heights in education sector. He told that in addition to courses in Commerce, Management and Computer science there is requirement of an ample number of skill based courses for Punjab especially Ludhiana, the industrial town. These courses are started for making the students confident to face the competitive world of employment. He also admired Prof. Manpreet Kaur, Prof. Asha Rani and their team members for preparing the proposal and sending it to the UGC on a very short notice. The Management and Faculty members were also present on the occasion.