Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the State Government is taking up various steps to develop a vibrant higher education ecosystem. He said this during an induction programme here for nonteaching staffs for different Government colleges.
As many as 334 new recruits joined the Government colleges out which 291 are Laboratory Assistants, 25 Junior Librarians and 18 Physical Education Teachers.
The CM said that in the recent past, over 1,000 Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and Junior Lectures have been recruited in Government and Non-Government colleges. This has helped increase the student-teacher ratio.