In Kashmir, Government to run new colleges from schools, prefab huts

The newly announced degree colleges for Kashmir will be run from “spared classrooms” of primary and higher secondary schools and prefab huts.

An official said the classwork in these “colleges” is set to start from the next month. The decision tomake these “colleges functional” comes at a time when the higher educationdepartment was yet to set up permanent campus for around six colleges, establishedmore than a decade ago.

   

The J&K government had approved setting up of 52colleges in J&K including two in Ladakh in September 2018.

Of these colleges, 23 have been already made “functional” inJammu last July while 23 colleges will open in the Valley this April, includingthree colleges at Hyderpora, Aloochi Bagh and Eidgah, in the summer capitalSrinagar.

An official said the Hyderpora college will be run fromthree rooms of a primary school and three prefab huts, which will be set up byRoads and Buildings (R&B) department.

Whilethe land for Aloochi Bagh college is yet to identified, it will be madefunctional from a rented building and Eidgah college will be accommodated inthree spare rooms of a higher secondary school, the official said.

The official said construction work for all the collegeswill be started next year and till the structures are completed the collegeswill continue to function from makeshift spaces.

To begin with the Aloochi Bagh and Hyderpora colleges willoffer admission in arts and science streams while Eidgah college will offeradmission in Geography and Commerce streams.

The students who will opt for science stream will have totravel to Amar Singh college here for practical classes.

Dean academic affairs, Cluster University, MY Peerzada saidthe authorities at the Amar Singh College have agreed to provide slot to thestudents of hyderpora or Aloochi Bagh colleges to conduct practical classesthere.

Likewise, the SP College here will accommodate students ofGeography from Eidgah college for their laboratory works.

“It will take at least three to four years to constructpermanent campuses of these new colleges,” said another official.

Commissioner Secretary HED, Talat Parvez said the collegeswere made functional in primary or middle schools for “registration purpose”and the class work will be conducted in prefab rooms.

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