The State Government is planning to convert the Government Women’s College at Koti in the heart of the city into an exclusive women’s university.
Deputy Chief Minister (Education) Kadiyam Srihari said the college had all the necessary infrastructure to be converted into a university. He would take up the issue of setting up the women’s varsity with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Admissions into the university would be made from the next academic year after receiving the Chief Minister’s consent on the issue.
Mr. Srihari conducted surprise visit to the institution on Thursday and inspected the facilities. He interacted with students about the teaching faculty and other amenities available in the college. Spread over 40 acres, the college has infrastructure and efficient teaching faculty.
He said the lone women’s university in the erstwhile united State went to Andhra Pradesh and the State was left with no such institution. The issue was taken up with Union Human Resource Minister Prakash Javadekar during Mr. Srihari’s recent visit to New Delhi seeking the Centre’s cooperation in setting up of the university in line with the assurances given in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014.
In addition to students from 31 districts of the State, students from other countries too were admitted to different courses in the college. The Minister directed the officials concerned to prepare a report on the infrastructure and facilities available with the institution so that it could be presented to the Chief Minister.
The women’s college was presently offering 42 undergraduate and post-graduate courses, but there was absence of research work.
He recalled that the Chief Minister had sanctioned ₹200 crore for improving the facilities in the Osmania University and its associated colleges as part of the centenary celebrations and Women’s College at Koti was allotted ₹37 crore out of this.
Buildings were being constructed with the funds sanctioned by the Government and it was proposed to add additional facilities once the officials submit report on the condition of the college.
