Education
Expenditure on higher education increased 15%: Minister
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The government’s per capita spending on higher education has increased by 15 per cent in the last two years, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satyapal Singh informed Parliament on Monday.
According to the numbers presented by him, the government spent Rs 50,665 per person on higher education in 2015-16 against Rs 43,948 in 2013-14.
The government spending for 2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15 on higher education was Rs 33,669, Rs 39,059, and Rs 44,473, respectively.
On primary education, the government spending for the previous five years up to 2015-16, according to the Minister, was Rs 12,510, Rs 11,469, Rs 9,223, Rs 7,985, and Rs 7,494.
As for secondary education, the funds for same years were Rs 21,501, Rs 19,841, Rs 17,955, Rs 16,483, while for the year 2011-12 figures were not given.
“Further, Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) has been set up by the government to mobilise funds from the market as per requirements of the centrally-funded higher educational institutions,” Singh said.
“The budget 2018-19 has announced to raise Rs 1,00,000 crore through HEFA to fund educational institutes to fast-track research and academic infrastructure,” he added.
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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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