Six classrooms inaugurated under RUSA

Pothashang News Service: Imphal, August 30, 2019: Education minister Thokchom Radheshyam on Thursday inaugurated the newly constructed six classrooms of Chanambam Ibomcha College, Bishnupur built under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).

The minister said the students must attend their classes regularly as the authorities have improved the infrastructural requirements. Urging the teaching staffs’ to persuade and convince the students to attend college regularly, he said that educational institution is alive only when there are students.

Under this centrally sponsored scheme there are four main components among others as such the Cluster University, new construction and renovation, vocationalisation of higher education and professional colleges, he added.

He elaborated that Dhanamanjuri University, has been set up as a Cluster University, comprising five institutions namely, Dhanamanjuri College of Science, Dhanamanjuri College of Arts, Dhanamanjuri College of Commerce, LMS Law College and GP Women’s College, which occupy common, adjoining or neighbouring physical spaces. The university will increase the number of student’s enrolment in Master’s Degree in the state as this will provide another option to the students for admission to higher studies beside the Manipur University.

The minister said in forty colleges 12 trades in collaboration with 14 industrial partners have been introduced under the programme of Vocationalisation of Higher Education. He opined that through this programme many youths after completion of education will be able to make a livelihood rather than remaining idle.