After schools, Atmanand colleges in Chhattisgarh
The Hindu
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Giving a further push to English education in Chhattisgarh, the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress Government on Thursday said it would set up English-medium colleges across the State.
“It has been proposed that in the first phase, about ten Swami Atmanand English Medium Adarsh Colleges will be opened in the major cities of the State for the forthcoming academic session in June 2023. Moreover, a working plan to open English-medium colleges in all the district headquarters within the upcoming three years is expected to be developed in the next ten days,” said a government press statement.
Chief Minister Mr. Baghel also tweeted about the decision. "Now parents need not worry anymore. Make your children well educated. Gone are the financial troubles associated with sending children away for quality [higher] education after [completing] school [education]. The education revolution in Chhattisgarh will present the country's best education model in the coming days. #CongressMeansGovernance," said the tweet in Hindi.
Secretary (Higher Education) Bhuvanesh Yadav told The Hindu that the ten proposed colleges in the major urban centres in the pilot phase would offer courses such as Arts, Commerce and Science, and depending upon the success levels, the government would try to introduce professional courses too.
Asked about the resources needed to set up these colleges, Mr. Yadav claimed that the decision would not put a significant burden on the State exchequer.
“We had existing buildings ready for opening new degree colleges in seven [of these ten] places, which we will now use for Swami Atmanand English-Medium Colleges. In two other districts, we will run exclusive English-medium classes in the second shift. In case, we need to develop additional facilities such as sports or online education infrastructure, we will pool in money from CSR funds, District Mining Fund and the collector’s fund,” said Mr. Yadav.
Typically, a sum of ₹4.65 crore is earmarked for the infrastructure cost and ₹2.43 crore for the establishment cost of each new college, he added.
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