MANUAL-1
Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties
[Section-4 (1) (b) (i)]
Higher Education Department plays a very significant role for human resource Development of the State. The Department looks after education at Higher Secondary (+2), Degree (+3) and P.G. levels of education. It also provides Vocational Education to prepare students for self-employment. It promotes professional education which includes Legal Studies, Computer Application, Business Management and several other Professional courses in Government as well as private institutions. Globalization, rapid industrialization and fast changing Socio-economic need have generated unprecedented demand for highly skilled and professional manpower. In the fitness of things emphasis has been laid on quality in education and primary is given to the professional education. Production of quality textbooks and reference books for Different client groups of Higher Education is also one of the functions of this Department. This also deals with a number of research and specialized institutions Like Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Institute of Life Sciences etc. for furthering the cause of higher studies and research in the State.
In the inception Education Department was a single organization, which was dealing with both School level education and college level education. With the Increase in number of educational institutions of School level as well as college level, it was felt necessary to bifurcate the Education Department into primary and secondary education as one Department and Higher Education as another Department in order to have proper control over the institutions and to lessen the workload on a single Department. This gave rise to formation of the Higher Education Department after splitting of Education & Youth Services Department in 1992.
Establishment of Universities and Government Colleges (both Jr. and Degree Colleges, giving recognition to the private colleges, recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff of Government Colleges, infrastructure development of the Government Colleges, allowing grant-in-aid to the non-Government Colleges, making of various rules and regulations for the colleges to have control and administration over them etc. are the main functions/activities of this Department.
The number of Universities, Autonomous Colleges, General Colleges and Professional Colleges recognized by this Department are detailed below.
(i) Universities: - 07
(1) Utkal University (2) Sambapular University (3) Berhampur University (4) Fakir Mohan University (5) North Orissa University (6) Ravenshaw University (7) Sri Jagannath Sanskrit University
(ii) Government Degree Colleges:
(a) General Colleges.................................................................43 (b) Sanskrit Colleges................................................................03
Total...........................................................46
(Out of 44 General Colleges 16 are Women's Colleges)
(iii) Junior Colleges:......................................................................50
(Out of the above 17 are Women's Colleges)
(iv) Non-Govt. Aided Colleges:
(a) Jr. Collage.........................................................................500
(b) Degree Collage...................................................................283
(v) Non-Govt. (Un-aided) College:
(+2) & (+3)..............................................................................886
(vi) Law Colleges:
(a) University Law Colleges...........................................................04 (b) Non-Govt., Law Colleges..........................................................28
(vii) Non-Govt. (Aided) Sanskrit Colleges:................................. 22+10=32
(viii) Non-Govt. (Un-aided) Sanskrit College:.......................................161
(ix) Professional Colleges recognized by Higher Education Department: 84
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