With an aim on encouraging higher education among girls, the
Karnataka government has made college education free for 1.25 lakh more
girls in the state, according to a recent announcement by the higher
education department officials, a daily has reported.
Under the new policy, girl students are exempted from paying tuition fees as well as laboratory fees. Earlier,
free education in degree courses was offered to students of government
colleges only. It has now been extended to girl students of aided
colleges as well.
The government also said 1,298 lecturers will be
appointed for government-run degree colleges based on the Common
Entrance Test (CET) system. The recruitment will commence by September
15, 2014. The CET system is expected to bring uniformity among the
candidates of all varsities.
Lecturers already appointed at degree
colleges will have to face the biometric attendance system by October,
2014, which is a common practice already in 310 government degree
colleges. Few other measures for a better education system include the
Education Monitoring Infrastructure System, which will be used to keep a
tab on the syllabus covered by all the colleges on a day-to-day basis.
The
officials also assured that the government/aided degree colleges have
been granted permission to launch 15 new courses in the current year,
provided the colleges have the necessary infrastructural facilities.
In
a similar move, the Chhattisgarh government has made graduation-level
education free for girls in the state, which will be a boon for around
one lakh girls. The policy of free graduate education in all state
public colleges as well as technical institutes will be put into effect
from the current academic year.
Source: Indiatoday
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