Nishikant Khajuria
JAMMU, May 20: Hundreds of more students in Jammu and Kashmir will be able to pursue various Post Graduation, Under Graduate and Diploma courses in different faculties and subjects through regular mode as the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development is establishing two Cluster Universities in the State.
Both in Jammu and Srinagar, one each Cluster University is being established under Rashtriya Ucchtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), for which the process of building infrastructure has been set into motion, official sources informed the Excelsior.
The each Cluster University will comprise of five existing Government colleges in the capital cities where Schools of different faculties are to be established, sources added.
The Cluster University in Jammu will comprise GGM Science College, Government MAM College, SPMR College of Commerce, Government College for Women Gandhi Nagar and Government College of Education, Canal Road. Similarly, the proposed Cluster University in Srinagar will comprise of Amar Singh College, SP College, Women College MA Road, GDC Bemina and the College of Education, Srinagar.
The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development has sanctioned Rs 55 crores for each university, which will formally come into existence after the enactment of legislation by amending Jammu and Kashmir Universities Act.
According to the sources, the each Cluster University will have one nucleus college with an Administration Block, Central Library and an auditorium. For the Cluster University Jammu, GGM Science College will act as the nucleus college while for the Cluster University Srinagar, SP College Srinagar is the nucleus college, sources elaborated.
At the Cluster University Jammu, School of Sciences will be made functional at GGM Science College, School of Humanities and Arts at MAM College, School of Social Sciences at SPMR College, School of Technologies at GDC Gandhi Nagar and School of Teaching Education at Government B Ed College Canal Road.
Similarly at the Cluster University Srinagar, School of Sciences will be opened in GDC Bemina, School of Teaching Education in Government College of Education Srinagar, School of Social Sciences in SP College Srinagar, School of Engineering and Technology in Women College MA Road and School of Humanities & Liberal Art in Amar Singh College, sources informed.
A number of courses, including Post Graduation, Under Graduation and Diploma, in different subjects and streams will be introduced in these Schools thus benefiting hundreds of students to pursue their higher education in regular mode.
Pertinent to mention that a large number of students in Jammu and Kashmir fail to get admission in the six State and two Central State universities here because of limited seats and tough competition for the same. Further, a number of required courses are also not introduced in these universities because of inadequate infrastructure and faculty.
The process of establishing infrastructure for the proposed universities has also been set into motion and the job work has been allotted for construction of different blocks at GGM Science College as well as GDC Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
Besides, the Administration block, Central Library and an auditorium in the nucleus colleges, each college under the Cluster Universities, will have a Classroom block and canteen.
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