Education
Two test centres set up for NEET-2018 in Valley
Jammu, Dec 2 (IANS) Two exam centres for this year’s national eligibility entrance test (NEET) would be set up in the Kashmir Valley, following Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s request, the Central government announced on Saturday.
“Responding to the plea of the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, the Central government has decided to set up two examination centres for the students of Kashmir Valley appearing in the upcoming NEET (PG)-2018 examination.
“In a communication, the Union Health Ministry has informed the Board of Professional Examination authorities of the State to re-direct the candidates belonging to Kashmir Valley to two centres set up at Srinagar and Baramulla in this connection,” an official statement said.
It said that the decision follows a communication from Mehbooba Mufti to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda on November 10 drawing his attention towards the non-availability of examination centres for candidates belonging to Kashmir valley for the examination being conducted by National Board of Examination on January 7, 2018.
Mehbooba Mufti had said that the non-availability of an examination centre at Srinagar would put such a large number of medical graduates to a lot of inconvenience and requests for a local centre has come from various groups of students had come in view of the large number of candidates from Kashmir Valley taking the examination.
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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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