Three Degree Institutes To Come Up In Old City Areas

Higher education in the Old City is expected to get a boost with the government seeking to scale up infrastructure and development spending.Three new degree colleges,one each at Falaknuma,Chanchalguda and Golconda,are on the anvil and planning is afoot to improve infrastructure at existing intermediate colleges.For this,the Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA) has been asked to prepare proposals worth Rs 15 crore.

There are seven government degree colleges in the city of which two are in the core Old City area.These include the Government City College near high court and Government Degree College for Women at Hussaini Alam.Two other colleges are located in Nampally.There are also about a dozen government-aided degree colleges in the Old City.It has been learnt that the nod for the new colleges came last week after Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi discussed the issue with the chief minister.
According to sources,proposals will be drawn to transform existing educational premises into complexes.The degree college in Falaknuma is expected to be constructed on a twoacre land parcel on which also stands Falaknuma Junior College.The degree college at Chanchalguda will share grounds with Government Junior College Chanchalguda.Besides construction of new buildings for degree colleges and administrative blocks to centralize governance of educational institutions in the same complex,sports facilities are also expected to be developed as vast tracts of land are available.At Golconda,the degree college will be constructed on the premises of the recently constructed BJR Intermediate College on 2500 square yards of land.
Officials of QQSUDA said that additional funds have been set aside by the government as the organizations budgetary allocations are small for taking up such works.An allocation of Rs 15 crore has been made by the government.We have been asked to draw proposals for colleges.Our role is to develop infrastructure and hand it over to higher education department, said an official adding that the current allocation is only the first stage of a bigger outlay.