Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 17: Pawan Sharma, senior BJP leader and member Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education, Ministry of HRD, Union Government, today emphasized on the need of rational distribution of newly sanctioned colleges in the State to cater need of deserving areas.
In a statement issued here today, Sharma sought to draw attention of Governor’s administration towards problems being faced by the students of Jammu region due to non availability of seats in degree colleges. He demanded that out of these 40 new degree colleges, two boys and one woman degree college must be allotted to Jammu city in order to ease the pressure on existing colleges.
Pawan Sharma further suggested the State Administrative Council (SAC) to open one women degree college each in Kishtwar, Bhaderwah, Rajouri and Poonch district, so that more rural women could pursue higher education. He said that opening of women degree colleges in remotest areas would give a big relief to the needy and deserving females who could not pursue their higher education due to non availability of facilities in their respective areas.