APSCHE to hold regional workshop on higher education data survey

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), in collaboration with the department of higher education, ministry of education, Government of India, will organise a regional workshop on the All-India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) at Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) on Tuesday (November 10).

In a statement here on Monday, APSCHE secretary Prof B Tirupati Rao said the workshop aimed to improve the accuracy and reliability of higher education statistics through effective data management. The workshop will begin at 10 am at the Prof V Bala Mohan Das Seminar Hall on the university campus. It is intended to strengthen the collection and management of higher education data and improve the quality of statistics relating to the sector, he said.

APSCHE in-charge chairman and vice-chairman Prof S Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, ANU In-charge vice-chancellor Prof K Gangadhara Rao, state AISHE nodal officer and APSCHE vice-chairperson Prof K Ratna Shila Mani and ANU nodal officer Prof M Trimurthi Rao will attend the programme.

Prof B Muniswamy of Andhra University will serve as the resource person. Shivam Pandey, programmer in the AISHE division, New Delhi, will join the workshop online and explain the procedures for collecting, entering and submitting higher education data, with a focus on data quality, reliability and technical issues and their solutions.

Nodal officers from various universities and colleges across Andhra Pradesh will also participate in the workshop.

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