Rs 1' crore higher education plan approved for J&K

The current year's plan for RUSA envisages an amount of Rs 296.46 crore, of which the Centre's share will be Rs 266.81 crore.

During the meeting, the Commissioner Secretary (Higher Education Department) Mushtaq Ahmad gave an overview of the draft proposal prepared by the department.

He said two cluster universities at Jammu and Srinagar are proposed to be set up under the State Higher Education Plan.

The plan proposes a grant of Rs 80 crore to the universities of Kashmir, Jammu and IUST and BGSBU universities at Rs 20 crore each to be utilised for infrastructural needs, including upgradation of libraries, laboratories, equipment, hostels and sanitation facilities.

Ahmad said establishment of model degree colleges in educationally backward districts in the state had also been envisaged under the plan.

He said 17 such colleges would be established.