Portal launched, admissions to Abohar colleges begin

Blurb: Institutes to run from transit campuses as buildings to be ready by year-end

Our Correspondent

Abohar, August 19

With the launch of the state portal today by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, admissions to the newly set up government colleges in Abohar town and Sukhchain village have started.

Assistant Commissioner General Kanwarjit Singh said both colleges would initially give admission to 80 students each for BA course and 70 each for BCom.

The work on government colleges in Abohar subdivision is set to be completed by the year-end. However, admissions have started at the colleges, which will temporarily run from the transit campuses.

Pradeep Singh, a senior lecturer at Rajendra Government College, Fazilka, has been deployed as in charge of admissions here.

The colleges were promised by the Congress during the Vidhan Sabha elections in 2017. Earlier, children of poor families had to cover 32 km to pursue higher studies at Fazilka’s government college.

Last year, the state government had arranged the land for the college in the Canal Colony complex here. On January 12, 2020, the foundation stone was laid. As the construction of the building here was likely to be completed by the year-end, the college will temporarily function from the complex of Government Senior Secondary Boys Smart School, here. Another government college will have a transit camp in Khubban village.

Sham Lal Arora, senior state vice-president, Recognised and Affiliated Schools’ Association, said the opening of the government college would bring relief to families, who could not afford the expenses of private institutions.