Delegation of private colleges meets Punjab education minister

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 6:58 AM IST

Speaking after meeting representatives of the administrative committees of these colleges, Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka Maluka said genuine demands of the delegation will be considered sympathetically, an official release said.

The delegation urged the minister to lift ban on the recruitment of the faculty in these colleges and sought release of arrears of the employees pending from January 2006.

It also requested for setting up of a higher education council in which representatives of the private colleges can be included.

  

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First Published: Dec 20 2012 | 8:45 PM IST

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