Uttarakhand

• 06 Sep 2021

Eight New Government Colleges

Why in News

• On September 4, 2021, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the establishment of eight new government colleges in different parts of the state.
  
  • Also said that seven degree colleges will be upgraded to PG colleges.

Key Points

• The Chief Minister made these announcements on the occasion of inauguration of Science Block at Government Post Graduate (PG) College, Raipur Maldevta.
• These new colleges will be opened in Dehradun city, Haridwar city (Bhupatwala), Haldwani city, Gadarpur Udham Singh Nagar, Danyan in Almora, Kaljikhal and Khirsu in Pauri and Deval in Chamoli.
• Government colleges of Munsiyari (Pithoragarh), Gairsain (Chamoli), Kapkot (Bageshwar), Someshwar, Halduchaud (Nainital), Laksar (Haridwar) and Thalisain (Pauri) will be upgraded to PG colleges.
• Apart from this, he also announced the construction of a video conferencing hall and modern lecture hall in all the government colleges of the state.