Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Higher Education Task Force's recommendation for State University in Parliakhemundi and Unitary Universities in Bhawanipatna and Jeypore is not logical

I do not find justification for a state University in Parliakhemundi, in the same lok sabha constituency of Berhampur and hardly 94 km from Berhampur  having already a state University against not having a state University in Kalahandi /Nabarangpur /Nuapada /Kandhamal /Malkangiri /Koraput for the colleges in those localities.

If Gajapati is a tribal and backward district, so are the Nuapada, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur which are even further remotely located compared to Gajapati. In any case Parliakhemundi could be given a state University based on bordering location then why can not be at Nuapada, Dharamgarh or Umarkote. In addition there would be two state Universities in one undivided district, Ganjam, whereas rest of the 12 undivided districts would have either one state University or there won't be any state Universitities in those districts.

I would not have raised this question if Parliakhemundi have got a Unitary University and Bhawanipatna and Jeypore would have got state Universities or all of them would have got state Universities in South Western Odisha. Same thing you can say about Bhawanipatna and Balangir in Western Odisha. Remote and far away locations from present state Universities (Sambalpur/Berhampur) were recommended for Unitary Universities and close locations were recommned for state Universities for their affiliated colleges. I do not find any logic behind it. But indeed it is the recommendation of higher education task force and seems there are favoritisms including political, bureaucratic, and that of personal members' while taking this move.
 
Simialrly I do not undestand why three are more specialized Universities such as Medical Education University, Management University and Open University recommended in Cuttack-Bhubaeswar-Puri region when Cuttack has specialized National Law University, Bhubaneswar has specialized Utkal University of Culture and OUAT and Puri has specialized Sri Jagganath Sanskrit University besides many national institutions and laboratories in their fold. For inclusive growth within Odisha it would have been nice if  SCB Medical College would have been made Unitary University and Medical Education University would have been given to VSS medical college instead of Unitary status. Similarly Management University could be located in Bhawanipatna in South Western Odisha for KBK-Boudh-Kandhamla region whereas Open University could come in Keonjhar in North Odisha for Angul-Keonjhar- Mayurbhanj- Balasore region.

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