Premier colleges likely to be developed as ‘institutes of importance', get autonomy
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Patna: The state govt is contemplating to develop some of its reputed colleges as "institutes of importance" on the pattern of the "institutions of national importance" and grant them autonomy.
State higher education director N K Agrawal told the newspaper on Wednesday that premier colleges like Patna College; Patna Science College; L S College, Muzaffarpur; T N B college, Bhagalpur; Rajendra College, Chhapra and C M Science College, Darbhanga; among others would be considered under this scheme. The list of colleges will be finalised by a broad-based committee to be constituted by the govt soon. The committee, comprising academics and experts, will prepare some guidelines for making the final selection of the institutions.
Agarwal said that steps would also be initiated to grant autonomy to these selected institutions as per the provisions of National Education Policy, 2020. All these institutions will be provided with all necessary academic and infrastructural facilities for their optimum growth and development.
Agrawal said that a detailed discussion on these proposals were held at a high-level meeting held recently under the chairmanship of chief secretary Amrit Lal Meena in connection with the centenary celebrations of Patna Science College due in 2027.
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Officials from state education department and Raj Bhawan, besides the college, participated in the meeting held at the instance of former Union cabinet secretary and college alumnus Rajiv Gauba.
The meeting decided that the institutions' development plan should begin with Patna Science College, which will be starting its centenary celebrations next year. It was decided that all the damages, caused to the magnificent building of the college by ongoing metro rail and road constructions, would be repaired by the agencies concerned.
All the hostels of the college will be renovated and a new 400-bed hostel for girls will be constructed. A solar panel will be installed on the campus with the help of Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency. The college will get new facilities like an examination hall, computer lab, drainage and rain water harvesting structures, student activities centre and a cafeteria. It will also have an electronic surveillance system and a higher boundary wall for security purposes.
Furthermore, all the vacant posts of teachers and non-teaching staff will be filled by the agencies concerned at the earliest, the meeting decided.
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