Chief Minister asks Jesuit college to upgrade to a university
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| Jesuit college, Kolkata |
Chief minister of an eastern Indian state has invited a Jesuit-run college to upgrade to the status of a university and “cross boundaries of the world” in imparting education to all.
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal, assured all help toward the expansion of the St. Xavier’s college in Kolkata, the state capital.
“I want to see St. Xavier’s as the first autonomous university of the state,” Banerjee said during the convocation and valedictory program of the college on January 20.
“I want to see St. Xavier’s as the first autonomous university of the state,” Banerjee said during the convocation and valedictory program of the college on January 20.
Addressing an 1800-strong audience of students who were graduating in different subjects, she invited the vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, under which the Jesuit college awards degrees, to initiate the process of upgrading the status of the college.
“Bengal should be number one in the field of education in the country and I believe the state can show the way to the world regarding excellence in education,” she said.
The minister said that she was studying the possibilities of allotting land for the expansion of the college and will work in consultation with its Principal Father John Felix Raj.
Vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta Suranjan Das, who presided over the function, said the college “deserves to be upgraded” to the level of a university.
He said that the Jesuit college, which has some 6,800 students on its rolls, was the first one in the state to be accorded the status of an autonomous body and “now it stands as a model for all other colleges.”
The 151-year-college, which was founded by Belgian Jesuits, offers 16 graduate and 5 post-graduate courses.
The federal government’s University Grants Commission-appointed National Assessment and Accreditation Council had given 3.53 points to the college on a scale of 4 points in last December.
The college has also been declared as a center with potential for excellence.
Father Raj claimed that the college had been adjudged as one of the top 10 colleges in the country.
Father Raj claimed that the college had been adjudged as one of the top 10 colleges in the country.
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it is good for Christianity and the poor student that they can educate in this institution.
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i hope all christians and the poor find a place in the upgraded st Xavier's. vincent mooken s j
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