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Separate university for colleges in Krishna district mooted

A milestone: Students of Sri Durga Malleswara Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala presenting a dance ballet at the inaugural of the silver jubilee celebrations of the college in Vijayawada on Tuesday.

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Animal Husbandry, Diary and Fisheries Mandali Buddha Prasad has said a separate university to govern the academic affairs of over 120 colleges in Krishna district is on the anvil.

Inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of the Sri Durga Malleswara Siddartha Mahila Kalasala here on Tuesday, the Minister said the Government had taken a decision to have one university for each district.

Three new conventional universities – Aadikavi Nannayya University at Rajahmundry, Yogi Vemana University at Kadapa and Telangana University at Nizamabad – were set up recently.

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy would announce a university for Krishna district in the next list, he said, adding that the number of colleges affiliated to the Acharya Nagaruna University, which had academic jurisdiction of Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts, was high and, thus, it had become unwieldy for the university.

Mr. Buddha Prasad said the Chief Minister was also interested in inviting private educational institutions to open veterinary colleges and polytechnics. Dr. Reddy proposed this for meeting the huge demand for veterinary science doctors and diploma holders. There were just three veterinary colleges in the State and a university was formed recently.

Though the Government had sanctioned funds for three veterinary polytechnic colleges, private colleges and institutions were needed to overcome the acute shortage of veterinary doctors and diploma holders. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Director V.S. Prasad, quoting the late Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao, a former Education Minister and Mr. Buddha Prasad’s father, called for an “education-transformed individuals and society”. He said the NAAC was formed to promote quality higher education.

It had the mandate to oversee quality in 140 universities and 3,000 colleges.

Colleges should be able to provide ambience that would have a lasting impression on the students. Shanthinikethan was an excellent example of such an institution, Dr. Prasad pointed out.

The NAAC Director opined that academic institutions should have a “spiritual ambience” where the students could get an integrated personality and learn their place in society.

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