Decision on degree college affiliation in UP by May 12

Lucknow, May 08: The Uttar Pradesh government has directed the higher education department to finalise proposals of affiliation received from the degree colleges in the state by next week.

“Decision on all the 600 proposals received from the degree colleges regarding affiliation should be taken up by May 12 and the regional higher education officers should examine the proposals,” Higher Education Minister Rakesh Dhar Tripathi said during a review meeting last evening.

He said that the government was committed to set up degree colleges in 41 districts having low enrolment rate and directed the department officials to identify land and submit proposals with the government.

He directed the officials to complete recruitment on 524 vacant seats of teachers in various universities including Lucknow and Gorakhpur.

“It is the responsibility of the registrars to complete recruitment process by the start of the next academic session,” Tripathi said.
–PTI