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Monday, February 15, 2010

Rourkela favoured for Metropolitan Varsity

Pioneer News Service Bhubaneswar, 15th Feb 2010

Cheers for citizens of Rourkela! The steel city has been favoured as the location for the First Metropolitan University of Odisha.

The State Task Force on Higher Education, which has presented its interim report to the State Government, has made the recommendation in favour of Rourkela.

One of the major recommendations of the Task Force is establishment of more universities as with the existing number of universities, experts feel, the State’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) cannot be scaled up to the national level.

People of Rourkela were aggrieved over the attitude of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in not establishing its proposed medical college and hospital for the State in the steel city. However, the Task Force, headed by Professor Trilochan Pradhan, thought it prudent to allow an innovative institution at Rourkela.

A Metropolitan University like London, which has more than 30,000 students, is a top class university. Educationists feel such a university at Rourkela can be developed in a big way.

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