Assam set to reap benefits of education bonanza
By Vaschipem Kamodang
Guwahati, Sept 20 : Assam is set to receive a bonanza on the education front, with
the center announcing plans to fund the creation of three medical colleges.
In India, it has always been felt that development has to be holistic, as only then the
country will achieve a double-digit growth rate.
Keeping this in mind, Prime Minster Manmohan Singh, during his recent visit to the
state, proposed a mega developmental package for Assam, which included a rupees 160 crore
medical college for Jorhat.
The hospital will be the first of its kind in Upper Assam.
The other two proposed medical colleges are to come up in the state's Barpeta and
Tezpur Districts.
Land donors for the upcoming medical college consider this step as a major milestone in
solving the problems of education and unemployment in the region.
D. Dimbeswar, a land donor in Jorhat, said, "Because of the medical college, students
will come here. Those who are unemployed will also find job opportunities resulting in the
solution to their problems. In the process the area will get developed."
The hospital cum medical college in Jorhat will have a capacity of 500 beds. It would
also have an integrated residential campus for 1487 individuals, including students and
staff.
"The medical college in Jorhat would prove to be very useful to us. We are happy, as we
will get an opportunity to study here. Also many problems dwelling in the region will be
solved, " said Rajesh Goswami, a student from Jorhat.
Bhaba Goswami, a local resident of Jorhat, said the medical college was in the greater
interest of the society.
"Undoubtedly, it will fulfill the greater need of the region, especially in Sivasagar
District, Golaghat District, Majuli and also for Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. This
region is mostly inhabited by the poor and we hope that all would be benefited," he
said.
--ANI
