Patna: Bihar Education minister PK Sahi admitted on Tuesday that the basic infrastructure, number of teachers and the academic atmosphere in the universities were "far from satisfactory".
Replying to a starred question of ruling BJP MLA Achutanand in the state Assembly, Sahi said there are resource crunches as basic infrastructure, number of teaching and non-teaching employees in the universities are not satisfactory.
Sahi said the universities had during 2011-12 demanded allocation of Rs 4400.63 crore and the state government had made provisions for Rs 3080 crore out of the provision of Rs 3080 crore. The state government had already made available a sum of Rs 1959 crore.
He said the state government had made provisions for Rs 859 crore for setting up Aryabhat Knowledge University for conducting technical exams.
The minister said the state government had requested the University Grants Commission to sanction Rs 201 crore for the purpose of strengthening the infrastructure facilities.
Comments
0 comment