Five State Government colleges in Chhattisgarh will soon get proper infrastructural facilities.
State Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey on Tuesday informed in the current financial year, a budget provision of Rs 10. 66 crore has been made for the building construction of two Government colleges in Raigarh district followed by one college each in Durg, Jashpur and Rajnandgaon districts respectively.
He said presently there are 214 government colleges in the State out of which 174 government colleges have their own buildings. The government is trying to provide buildings to the remaining 35 colleges , he stated.
Pandey had also informed earlier that 14 graduation-level government colleges of Chhattisgarh have been upgraded to post-graduation (PG) level.
A sum of Rs three crores have been provisioned for this in the budget of fiscal year 2016-17, he had stated. Notably, the State Higher Education Department is targetting to provide Wi-fi connectivity to around 106 Government colleges across the State.
The work for providing Wi-fi connectivity had already commenced in 50 college campuses.
Talking to The Pioneer, State Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey had stated , “As of now, 50 Government colleges have been selected on the basis of the strength of the students and internet connection availability. It is difficult to name the colleges. We hope to cover 106 Government colleges by the end of this financial year ending in the month of March.”
Notably, Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) had been assigned the task to provide Wi-fi connectivity of the 50 chosen colleges.
Vijay Chandrakar, the CHiPS Project Manager of Wi-fi City project said, “We hope to complete the project by the end of April as certain formalities from the Higher Education Department’s side are still under process.” He further informed that the funds for implementing the project are yet to be received.
Sources claimed Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited (BSNl) and CHiPS are likely to work together on this project.
As per the announcement of Chief Minister Raman Singh, CHiPS is extensively working for making campuses of colleges and public places securely Wi-fi enabled.
Notably, in July last year, Chief Minister Raman Singh had launched ‘Wi-fi City Project’ by ensuring secured Wi-fi facility at five public places in the city.
According to information received, CHiPS will soon equip Telibandha and Civic Centre, Bhilai with Wi-fi facility.