The government proposes to develop 20 government or
aided colleges in the State as “model” colleges by upgrading
infrastructure and standard of education.
Speaking to
presspersons here on Friday, Minister for Higher Education R.V.
Deshpande said colleges opened after 2002 would be identified and
developed as model colleges with financial assistance from the Centre.
A
sum of Rs. 9 crore would be spent on developing infrastructure in each
college. The Centre would grant Rs. 2.75 crore while the State would
look after the rest, the Minister said.
Mr.
Deshpande, who recently met Union Human Resource Minister Pallam Raju
and Ministry officials, said the Centre requested the State to submit a
detailed proposal on developing model colleges.
The
State government would also submit a proposal to the Centre on setting
up of a Indian Institute of Information Technology at Dharwad. In reply
to a question on vacancies in government and aided degree colleges in
the State, he said 1,100 lecturers posts are vacant and steps would be
taken to recruit a few.
On the issue of setting up of
20 new private universities, Mr. Deshpande said a three-member official
committee has been set up to monitor the availability of infrastructure
and quality of education in private universities. Based on the
findings, the government would take action, he said. To a question on
irregularities in the Karnataka State Open University, he said the the
Principal Secretary of the department has been asked to order an inquiry
into the irregularities.
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