Education
West Bengal opposes UGC circular on viewing PM address
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Friday said it will not direct state-run universities to follow through with the University Grants Commission (UGC) circular on viewing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address on September 11.
The circular asked all the vice chancellors of universities and heads of higher educational institutions to “provide opportunity and facility to the teachers and students to view” Modi’s address.
Modi would be addressing a student leaders’ convention on the theme of ‘Young lndia, New India — A Resurgent Nation: from Sankalp to Sidhhi’ in New Delhi on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s centenary celebrations and 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s address at the Chicago World Parliament of Religions.
“This is a clear attempt to saffronise education. They are taking decisions on their own without consulting us,” West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said here.
“We did not get any directive so we will not give any instructions to universities and the idea that state-run varsities will follow through the Centre’s directive without consulting us, is wrong,” Chatterjee said.
In August, the state government had issued “urgent” instructions to all schools and other educational institutions to “stop all preparations” for celebrating Independence Day 2017 in a format prescribed by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.
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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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