13 govt colleges to be opened in Punjab in 2016
Thirteen new government colleges will be opened in Punjab this year, the state’s Higher Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said on Thursday. Of these, 12 colleges will be started from the current session 2016-17 itself. Further, two professional colleges, Punjab Arts and Sports College and Punjab Aeronautical College of Engineering, will be opened with an investment of ₹26 crore each.