'Rs 10 crore to develop govt junior colleges'

HYDERABAD: An amount of Rs 10 crore will be set aside for developing the infrastructure in government junior colleges in the state. Also, nearly 3,000 lecturer post vacancies will be filled this year. After releasing the Intermediate public examination results on Sunday, higher education minister N Md Farooq said Rs 10 crore will be allocated from the Board of Intermediate Education to develop the infrastructure, including laboratory and libraries, in the government junior colleges.Of the 3,000 lecturer post vacancies in 680 government colleges, 50 per cent will be filled on regular basis, BIE commissioner and secretary B Kripanandam said. He said that he has written to the government and also informed the principal secretary to the government on higher education G Sudhir about this. The rest 50 per cent of the vacancies which are filled on contract basis, will also be filled on permanent basis and the permission for the same from the government is awaited, he said.