Taking action against the educational institutions offering Plus Two courses without having adequate infrastructure, the School & Mass Education Department has decided to shut four colleges and put restriction on 23 colleges on admitting students in the 2018-19 academic session.
The move came for the first time after the Plus Two colleges came under the School & Mass Education Department from the Higher Education Department.
As per the decision, the department authorities have taken action against total 27 colleges this academic session.
While four Plus Two colleges would be closed, 23 other colleges would be debarred from conducting admission.
The students have been asked not to go in for admission in those colleges enlisted for closure and the restricted from admission process that began from June 1.
The self-financing Rotary College in Bargarh district, Om Herambalaya Residential College at Brahmapur, Shree Valley College in Rourkela and Deogarh Women’s College in Deogarh have been closed in the academic session.
The colleges that have been restricted from conducting admission include Bidyabharati Residential College in Angul, RJSMS, Shastri Institute of Science & Technology, Satya Sai Science College and Regional Institute of Science & Technology in Balasore district, Saraswato Sishu Bidya Gyan Mandir in Balangir district, Shakti College in Cuttack, Rengalbeda Regional Panchayat College in Deogarh, Krishna International College of Science & Commerce, Ambedkar College and Pratibha Residential College in Brahmapur, KBK Times Academy in Kalahandi district, Rama Devi College in Kendrapada, Subash Science College and Nano Science College in Khordha, Sarala Science Residential College and Mangala Residential College in Puri district, Swami Vivekananda Residential College in Rayagada district, Charmal College and Shree Arovinda Institute of Integral Education and Research in Sambalpur district, Kalinga College and Maa Mekkani Women’s College in Subarnapur district and Savitri Gopal Panchayat College in Sundargarh district.
Sources said admission would be conducted in more than 1,500 Plus Two colleges in 2018-19, out of which 435 are self-financing colleges.
However, 56 colleges have been given permission on specific conditions to proceed for admission this academic session.
Twelve colleges have asked for permission for infrastructure development. The authorities have permitted two colleges to shift their campus.
Earlier, the State Government had closed 82 colleges for the 2016-17 academic session.