Education
Punjab to hold elections to students’ bodies from next year
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) The Punjab government will allow holding of elections to students’ unions in colleges and universities from next year (2019), Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told the state assembly on Tuesday.
Student union elections will begin in universities and colleges from the next academic year, he said.
“Direct elections to student unions will now be held. Congress had promised revival of student elections. We are fulfilling the promise,” Amarinder Singh said.
Student union elections were banned in Punjab since 1984 due to militancy.
Political parties and student leaders had been demanding revival of the elections.
Neighbouring Haryana had last month announced holding of elections to students’ bodies in the state from this year itself. In Haryana, the elections have been revived after 22 years.
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
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.