India News | Discussions on for YCMOU Centre in Goa: Maha Minister Samant
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Centres of the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) will be created across the nation with permission from the UGC if a plan to have a facility in neighbouring Goa turns out to be a success, Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said on Friday.
Nashik, Jan 22 (PTI) Centres of the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) will be created across the nation with permission from the UGC if a plan to have a facility in neighbouring Goa turns out to be a success, Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said on Friday.
He said discussions for a YCMOU centre in Goa had been held with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant there.
He said centres would also be set up in Kolhapur and Belgaum for Marathi-speaking people living along Maharashtra- Karnataka border.
Sub centres would be set up to cater to places like Raigad, Thane, Nagpur, Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal and Washim etc, Samant said.
The work of the proposed sub-centre of Savitribai Phule Pune University in Shivnai in Dindori taluka of Nashik district will start soon, the minister added.
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