Haryana to open 21 new educational institutes for girls: Manohar Lal Khattar

CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that a university would also be set up in Faridabad which will offer couses in skill development.

By PTI | Updated: Jun 10, 2016, 10.49 PM IST

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said that 21 new educational institutes will be opened in the state for girls with an aim to provide education as per requirement.

Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of the main campus of Ch Bansi Lal University at village Prem Nagar in Bhiwani district, Khattar said the institutes for girls will be opened on the basis of mapping carried out in the state.

He said the Bansi Lal university would offer basic and advanced science and computer science related courses.

Khattar said that a university would also be set up in Faridabad which will offer couses in skill development.

He said that a budget allocation of Rs 1,650 crore has been set to give a boost to higher education in the State.

Ram Bilas Sharma, Haryana's Education Minister said the state government had decided to establish a sports university in Rai (Sonipat) and sanskrit university in the name of Maharshi Balmiki in village Mundri near Kaithal.

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