The Odisha government has prepared an ambitious plan for development of higher and technical education during the Twelfth Five Year Plan period (2012-17).
During a recent meeting with Planning Commission Member Narendra Jadhav, the commissioner-cum-secretary higher education Chandra Sekhar Kumar presented an elaborate plan in this regard to the national planning body.
As per the latest estimates, nearly Rs 4,000 crore of financial support has been sought by the state, which has one of the lowest Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 13.66 per cent.
The higher education department has been contemplating taking immediate measures on war footing to improve the situation, said Kumar at the meeting.
There are 330 degree colleges which need support of Rs 4 crore each for construction of buildings and hostels.
A proposal of Rs 100 crore for ICT programme in Junior Colleges has been proposed.
The state government has decided to open 30 Model colleges, at least one in each district having financial implications of Rs 50 crore each.
A proposal for sanctioning Rs 248 crore for strengthening 231 existing vocational colleges has also been asked for.
There are 18 Model Colleges identified by the state government, which need support for non-recurring expenditure of 75 percent and recurring expenditure of cent per cent for the first five years.
The state government has also sought funding support of `30 crore for the proposed State Open University, in which the State would invest an equal amount.
Besides, a Rs 280 crore support for 28 Autonomous Colleges and `50 crore for the State’s owned seven universities have been asked for.
Bhubaneswar based Nabakrushna Chaudhury Centre for Development Studies, a leading research and development organisation engaged in improvement of social science research, needs Rs 50 crore of support during the plan period.
Several other proposals have been put forward by the higher education secretary for consideration of the Planning Commission, an official said.
During a recent meeting with Planning Commission Member Narendra Jadhav, the commissioner-cum-secretary higher education Chandra Sekhar Kumar presented an elaborate plan in this regard to the national planning body.
As per the latest estimates, nearly Rs 4,000 crore of financial support has been sought by the state, which has one of the lowest Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 13.66 per cent.
The higher education department has been contemplating taking immediate measures on war footing to improve the situation, said Kumar at the meeting.
There are 330 degree colleges which need support of Rs 4 crore each for construction of buildings and hostels.
A proposal of Rs 100 crore for ICT programme in Junior Colleges has been proposed.
The state government has decided to open 30 Model colleges, at least one in each district having financial implications of Rs 50 crore each.
A proposal for sanctioning Rs 248 crore for strengthening 231 existing vocational colleges has also been asked for.
There are 18 Model Colleges identified by the state government, which need support for non-recurring expenditure of 75 percent and recurring expenditure of cent per cent for the first five years.
The state government has also sought funding support of `30 crore for the proposed State Open University, in which the State would invest an equal amount.
Besides, a Rs 280 crore support for 28 Autonomous Colleges and `50 crore for the State’s owned seven universities have been asked for.
Bhubaneswar based Nabakrushna Chaudhury Centre for Development Studies, a leading research and development organisation engaged in improvement of social science research, needs Rs 50 crore of support during the plan period.
Several other proposals have been put forward by the higher education secretary for consideration of the Planning Commission, an official said.
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