Das lays foundation of first engineering college for women

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuvar Das today laid the foundation of the first engineering college for women at Gola block in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district.
Das also inaugurated a state-run polytechnic college in the block.
Adressing the people, Das said as many 100 technical colleges would be opened in the state in the coming four years to provide technical education.
He said women empowerment was part of government's focus area and to boost it the government was setting up the engineering college for women in Ramgarh so that they get employment abroad also.
Each district would get technical colleges which include medical colleges as government is all set to set up medical college in Hazaribagh, Dumka and Daltonganj, Das said.

The National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCCL) has constructed the campus at an estimated cost of Rs 104.37 crore spread over 16.80 acres, higher and technical education secretary A K Singh said.

The campus would include academic and administrative buildings and hostel within a time frame of two years.
Around 300 women are expected to vie for civil engineering, electronic and computer engineering courses annually Singh said.
Currently there is only one government-run engineering college in the state but plans were there to construct engineering colleges in Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Deoghar and Koderma.