124 posts created for two cluster universities

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, September 20

The state government has ordered the creation of 124 posts for the two cluster universities to be established, one each in Srinagar and Jammu.

According to an order issued by the Higher Education Department, each cluster university will be headed by a vice chancellor. The other posts created for these varsities include: one post, each of registrar and assistant registrar, 36 posts of assistant professors, two posts of accounts officers, two posts of assistant director (planning and statistics), two posts of estates officer, two posts of private secretary, two posts of section officers, two posts of personal assistant, two posts of statistical officer, two posts of head assistant, two posts of statistical assistant, four posts of junior librarian, two posts of hostel warden, two posts of accountant, four posts of accounts assistant, two posts of senior assistant, four posts of junior assistant, four posts of library assistant, six posts of laboratory assistant, six posts of lab bearer, six posts of library bearer, 20 posts of orderly and four posts of chowkidar.

Pertinently, the legislation for establishment of two cluster universities in the state was passed during the budget session of the state legislature earlier this year. These universities are to be established under the Rashtriya Ucchtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), for which the process of building infrastructure has also been set into motion. Each cluster university will be spread in five existing government colleges in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu where some new faculties would be also established.

“The setting up of cluster universities, one each in Srinagar and Jammu, will not only augment the existing higher education facilities in Jammu and Kashmir, but help diversify the academic process with the introduction of the latest job-intensive courses at the graduate, postgraduate and diploma levels. The move shall go a long way in expanding access to higher education by increasing the gross enrolment ratio throughout the state,” said Naeem Akhter, Minister for Education.

With the setting up of two cluster universities in J&K, the total number of universities in the state will go up to 11.