By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released the first tranche of matching grant of Rs. 1.5 crore to 12 colleges and 2 universities under Mo College campaign. The Chief Minister said that as per the mandate of Mo College campaign, this is double the amount made by various contributors to these institutes.
Chief Minister Patnaik announced that 40 higher educational institutions will be developed under 5T transformation in the 1st phase. This will provide a state-of-the-art campus, classrooms, and offer a transformed learning experience benefitting over 30 thousand students of the State at the undergraduate and post-graduate level, he added.
The Chief Minister said that the success of school transformation programme, has inspired for taking up such an initiative for the higher education institution. He added that the State Government is developing 1070 schools for transformation which will be completed by 14th of November and 50 transformed schools have already been dedicated few months back in Hinjili block of Ganjam district.
Attending the programme, Higher Education Minister Arun Sahoo expected that Mo College campaign will succeed in taking the educational ambience of higher education institutions to a new level.Chairperson of Mo College Akash Das Nayak gave the welcome address and Higher Education Principal Secretary, Saswat Mishra briefed on the details of contributions and matching grants. Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, senior officers of State Government, VCs of Universities, College Principals and Contributors of Mo College were present.
