New varsity in offing at Durg in C'garh

A new University will be established in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district soon, officials stated.The State Higher Education Department Minister Prem Prakash Pandey has commenced preparations to start a new university in Durg district headquarters.A Nodal Officer has already been appointed on June 16. The head-office of the new university will be located at Durg-Bhilai.There is a proposal to start temporary office at the Government Girls’ College at Durg.

The officers of the Higher Education Department said that Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced the establishment of new university in his Budget speech this year.With this, the total number of State Government sponsored universities will become 11. The number of colleges falling under the jurisdiction of new university had been notified already.

The number of colleges will be limited to maintain the quality of education as per UGC guidelines.The new university at Durg will cover five districts Durg , Balod , Bemetara, Rajnandgaon and Kabhirdham and 50 State Government colleges and 68 non-Government colleges will fall under its jurisdiction.

Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur will cover five districts-Raipur, Balodabazaar-Bhatapara, Dhamtari, Mahasamund and Gariaband, 40 State Government colleges and 84 non-Government colleges will fall in its jurisdiction. Six private universities are also functioning in Chhattisgarh.

Notably, Pandey in his recent visit to Bilaspur had also announced that that English speaking courses would be made mandatory in the universities soon.