Punjab Government on Saturday sanctioned Rs 50 crore for the upgradation of infrastructure and other facilities in the Government colleges across the State.
Presiding over a meeting of the Principals of the Government colleges here, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said that the State Government was duty bound to revitalise higher education in Punjab in order to enable the students to meet future challenges by competing well across the globe. “The State Government had already conducted a survey in the Government colleges to acquaint itself about the immediate needs of these colleges,” he said, adding that according to this survey the estimates of the work have been prepared by the Higher Education Department.
Badal said that in the first phase Rs 50 crore would be issued by the State Government for the upgradation of the infra structure in the Government colleges so as to facilitate the students in getting quality education.
Asking college Principals to play a pro-active role in shaping the destiny of the students by imparting them quality education, the Chief Minister said that the faculty of the colleges should concentrate on the overall development of the students. He also laid thrust on the need of constituting the Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) at the college level besides ensuring the judicious use of the funds.
Badal said it was unfortunate that around 1500 posts of the teaching and the non-teaching staff in the Government colleges were lying vacant which was adversely effecting the education in these institutions.
He asked the officers of the Education department to explore all feasibilities for filling these already sanctioned posts at the earliest on the regular basis, for the efficient running of these colleges.