The Jammu and Kashmir government is to go ahead with University of Jammu for starting its own engineering college and Rs 2.50 crore has been provided to it as initial grant-in-aid for the purpose, state Education Minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said on Sunday.
He said, that the main aim of opening a new engineering college was to provide adequate opportunity to the youth for growth and development and added, “The move came after the government decided to keep the two engineering colleges established in Kathua and Ganderbal under Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan, under the control of higher education department.”
Stating that the government has accorded top priority to education, he said the engineering colleges at Safapora in Ganderbal district and Janglote in Kathua district have already started functioning with 60 seats each.
“Our target is to revamp the existing education system to make it compatible with present-day challenges,” the minister said.
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