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Haryana to open women’s colleges at 29 places

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Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) The Haryana government has decided to open new government women’s colleges in 29 different locations this year, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Friday.

“With this, Haryana will become the state to have such colleges at a distance of every 20 km,” he said during a “Meet the CM” programme organised on the occasion of National Youth Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in Panchkula near here.

“Besides, science stream has been made mandatory in the all the new colleges being set up in the state to promote science subject among the students.”

The Chief Minister said his government was making concerted efforts to promote quality education in Haryana.

“A scheme has been prepared to open women’s colleges within a radius of every 20 km in the state so that our daughters need not travel far to get education. The government has opened some colleges and new ones will be opened in 29 places this year,” Khattar said.

Haryana has a literacy percentage of around 77 per cent (2011 Census). While males have a higher literacy percentage of around 85.5 per cent, female literacy is around 67 per cent.

Haryana has nearly 700 colleges and 25 universities.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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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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