AGARTALA, August 9 (TIWN): Following the decision of establishing two new general degree colleges in two different districts, Land identification work is under progress said Minister Tapan Chakraborty on Saturday.

Tripura legislative assembly on Friday during the monsoon assembly session decided to open two more general degree colleges at Dharmanagar Sub-division under North district and one at Udaipur Sub-division under Gomati district. 

Responding to MLA Birajit Sinha’s question, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty reveled this information in the assembly.

Talking to TIWN correspondent on Saturday, Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty stated that the state government is keen to open two more new degree colleges in the state to facilitate the students to get easy access to higher education.

No tentative date is fixed so far, as to when the construction work will begin, but the state government is looking forward to come up with more colleges in the state to improve the graph of higher education in the state, added Chakraborty.

He further added that Land identification for the colleges is under progress at Dharmanagar and Udaipur and very soon a committee will be set up who will look after the progress work of the construction of the colleges.

Chakraborty, who holds higher and school education department, said: "The proposed planning of opening two more degree colleges in the state would further boost higher education in the state and would attract students to persue their higher education”.

To ease the pressure of the students, to go outside the state for persuing higher education, the proposed colleges would help to boost the excellence in higher education and help the student to persue their education from the state itself, the minister added. 

During the question session, responding to the question of the MLA Samir Deb Sarkar, the higher and school education department Minister Tapan chaklraborty further said that the state is running 5 polytechnic institutes in different districts including at West, Gomati, Dhalai, and North district.

However, construction is going on in full-fledged manner at Jirania Khumlung area for the sixth Polytechnic institute, and classes may begin from the next academic calendar confirmed Chakraborty. And as per requirement number polytechnic institute will also be opened in other districts.

Tripura presently has 22 degree colleges, two medical colleges and 15 other professional and technical colleges with around 18,000 students annually enrolled in the colleges.