13 New Colleges To Be Set Up In Punjab

Recently, Punjab Chief Minister, Mr.Parkash Singh Badal announced that 13 new degree colleges would come up in the state by next year at a cost of Rs.104 crores. On the recommendations of the University Grants Commission (UGC), these colleges would be located in the educationally backward districts of Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahar, Patiala and Sangrur. To boost higher and technical education, a central university at Bathinda had already started its academic session, said Mr.Parkash Singh Badal. He also said that the state government had transferred 501 acres of land for setting up the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Ropar.
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