Education
Efforts to make Goa a scientific powerhouse: Parrikar
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said efforts were on to make Goa a scientific hub in India with focus on promoting scientific temperament in the coastal state.
“Our government seeks to reinforce Goa’s status as a scientific hub of India, with a strong focus on not only significantly strengthening scientific education in our state, but also promoting a science temperament across the state,” Parrikar said, while speaking at the inaugural session of the Nobel Prize lecture series in Goa on Thursday.
“We seek to develop the capacity of our human capital, the most precious resource, into a knowledge powerhouse that fuels our nation’s growth and addresses our most critical development issues through innovation,” Parrikar further said.
The Chief Minister also announced an annual innovation science contest, where high school and college students in the state would be invited to propose their breakthrough research ideas. “Our government will support (innovations) for a period of one year,” Parrikar said.
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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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