Ensure facilities to UP universities students and teachers-minister

Lucknow, June 7(UNI) Uttar Pradesh Higher Education minister Rakesh Dhar Tripathi today directed all the universities in the state to upgrade the standard of education in the state by providing all facilities to the students and the faculty members.

Addressing the concluding function of the two-day Vice-Chancellors meet here, Mr Tripathi said the seats in all the universities have been increased.

''The universities should ensure 75 per cent attendence of the students as well as of the teaching staff while results of the examinations should be declared in time,'' he said.

Calling upon the VCs to maintain uniform fee structure, he said it was found that fee structure varies in each universities resulting in difficulties for the students.'' There is also need for starting employment oriented courses for the students while cultural exchange programmes should be mooted among the universities,'' he added.

VCs of all the 12 state universities -- Lucknow University, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gorakhpur University, Choudhury Charan Singh University, Meerut, Rajrishi Tandon Open University, Allahabad, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Faizabad, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, Veer Bahadur Singh Poorwanchal University, Jaunpur, Budelkhand University, Jhansi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Ruhelkhand University, Bareilly, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapeeth, Varanasi and Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur -- participated in the meet.

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