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Education is a priority sector for the Jammu and Kashmir Government and, it has taken various initiatives to expand and upgrade the educational infrastructure across the state.
As part of the project, Kashmir University has opened up a new campus in Baramulla District to cater to the growing number of students in the region.
The campus is located beneath scenic mountain ranges and has come as a boon for students from far-fl ung areas like Kupwara, Sopore and Uri. In the recent past, most of them had to travel hundreds of kilometers to reach the main university campus in Srinagar.
“The advantage of it (the new campus) is that there were only two engineering colleges in the region.There are many students and aspirants who want to become engineers. All of them couldn’t be accommodated in these two colleges. The outcome was that everybody started going outside the state to study,” said Jan Mohammad, a student.
The university has administrative, science and art blocks and provides several professional, technical and arts courses, including a Diploma in Tourism Management, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration, a Bachelor’s in technology and a Masters in English.
“The most important contribution of this university would be that every campus would have its own specialization. This campus has technological specialization; this university branch is a full-fl edged engineering branch,” said Farooq Ahmed, Director of Kashmir University.
“Now, we have introduced computer science engineering and later we will be introducing civil,electrical and the basic need base of the state. Further,job-oriented courses would also be introduced,” he added.
Education is a priority sector for the Jammu and Kashmir Government and, it has taken various initiatives to expand and upgrade the educational infrastructure across the state.
As part of the project, Kashmir University has opened up a new campus in Baramulla District to cater to the growing number of students in the region.
The campus is located beneath scenic mountain ranges and has come as a boon for students from far-fl ung areas like Kupwara, Sopore and Uri. In the recent past, most of them had to travel hundreds of kilometers to reach the main university campus in Srinagar.
“The advantage of it (the new campus) is that there were only two engineering colleges in the region.There are many students and aspirants who want to become engineers. All of them couldn’t be accommodated in these two colleges. The outcome was that everybody started going outside the state to study,” said Jan Mohammad, a student.
The university has administrative, science and art blocks and provides several professional, technical and arts courses, including a Diploma in Tourism Management, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration, a Bachelor’s in technology and a Masters in English.
“The most important contribution of this university would be that every campus would have its own specialization. This campus has technological specialization; this university branch is a full-fl edged engineering branch,” said Farooq Ahmed, Director of Kashmir University.
“Now, we have introduced computer science engineering and later we will be introducing civil,electrical and the basic need base of the state. Further,job-oriented courses would also be introduced,” he added.
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