The Chhattisgarh Higher Education Department has extended the last date of admission in colleges up to October 29, an official press release said on Thursday. Earlier, the department had fixed the date as October 22. The decision to extend the admission date has been taken in the interest of students amid Covid-19, the communique said. On October 9, the Principal and Vice Chancellors of various colleges and universities in the state had requested the Secretary Higher Education, Dhananjay Dewangan, to extend the date of admission.