Kolhan varsity plans 5 more degree colleges in semi-urban, rural areas

Jamshedpur: Good news for the students from the three districts of Kolhan as Kolhan University (KU) is planning to open five more degree colleges here.
Spokesperson of KU PK Pani said talks are on with the MLAs of the respective area, where the colleges will be opened in this regard.
Pani said once the land acquisition process for the construction of the colleges is finalised, papers will be forwarded to the higher education department of the state for its formal nod.
KU plans to open new colleges mostly in semi-urban and rural parts of Kolhan so that the students’ load on the existing colleges can be reduced and the education standard is uplifted, said Pani.
The university has shortlisted Musaboni, Chakuliya, Jadugora, Patamda, and Bodam to open the institutions.
Meanwhile, Ghatshila MLA Ramdas Soren talking to TOI on Monday said, in the past he had approached the state government for the setting up of a degree college in Musaboni. A large number of students have to travel to Ghatshila for education and this new college will lessen the burden of the existing college. It will also help the students from the tribal villages to get educated near their doorstep.
Soren said college will also raise the education bar here, which is essential for better employment opportunities. The JMM MLA said land will not be a problem for setting up a college in Musaboni and assured all help to KU in this regard.
MLA from Baharagora assembly seat Sameer Mahanty too said land is ready in rural parts of Chakuliya, which is around 2km from the railway station. He said higher education institutions coming up in village areas will help the people living nearby increase their education level, which is very much required in today's competitive job world. Like Soren, he too said all help will be provided to the university to set up the colleges in the areas under their jurisdiction.
The plan has been hailed by the student fraternity too, Savita Mahato, hailing from a village near Musaboni, who lives in a PG accomodation in Steel City and is enrolled in a college here said if higher education institutions were available near her house she would not have to migrate to the city. She and many others like her said opening colleges in remote areas will check unnecessary migration to cities for higher education.