Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has announced that the Government College Raipur will be upgraded to a Post Graduate College from this session. Art faculty will be started here from this session. Sanskrit classes in graduation will be started from the next session. The CM also announced four extra class rooms for the college.These announcements were made by the CM after inaugurating the newly constructed building of Government College Raipur on Sunday. He also inaugurated the ‘Wall of Gallantry’ at the college.
In his address CM said that government is trying to set a standard for higher education and colleges. Teachers will be recruited soon. In the coming days faculty griveances will also be addressed. He appealed to the students to focus on multi disciplinary education. He said that students should not focus only on bookish knowledge and degree but also set a clear target and then make effort to achieve it.
To check migration from villages especially the mountains, he shared his plan about how he would create employment at Nyay Panchayat level. By giving 100-150 women self employment opportunity the government is planning to develop Nyay Panchayat as growth centre. He expressed hope that with the opening PG college at Maldevta development would take place at a fast pace. With this local students will get an opportunity to enroll for higher education in nearby area.
He called upon the students to make efforts for multi-dimensional education. He said that employment opportunities would be created at Nyay Panchayat level. Nyay Panchayat can be established as growth center by providing employment to women. He hoped that opening of PG College in Maldevta, Raipur would accelerate development at the local level.
Before this CM along with his cabinet colleague Madan Kaushik and state minister Dhan Singh Rawat and local MlA Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’ listened to the prime minsiter Narendra Modi's programme Man ki Baat on radio.
In his address Madan Kaushik said that under the leadership of CM Trivendra Singh Rawat the government has laid solid foundation in last four months. After making rural open defecation free (ODF) the government is concentrating on making urban area ODF. To deal with solid waste the state has been focussing on door to door collection.
Dhan Singh Rawat said that following the instruction of CM Rawat, he has declared education calender for the next education calender year. Now college will have to impart classess 180 days in one session and will have to declare result in 30 days. 877 assistant professors are being recruited for this we have issued notification. Smart classes and e-library will be implemented in next few months.
Government college, Raipur being consturcted by National construction corporation limited (NCCl) in 1762 squre meter area at the cost of Rs 4.90 crore. In which principal room, library, ITC lab etc will be constructed. its building is being constructed on earthquake resistance technique.