VKSU sends proposal to Raj Bhavan

ARA : Acting promptly in view of the mounting pressure and an agitation launched by various student organizations and other social and cultural organizations, the Veer Kunwar Singh University (VKSU) administration has sent a special emissary with a proposal and formal request to the Raj Bhavan to reintroduce Bhojpuri at the honours level in its constituent colleges and post-graduate level.
The university has also sent a letter to the director, higher education.VKSU VC Leela Chand Saha told TOI on Wednesday, "We have followed all norms prescribed for seeking approval to reintroduce Bhojpuri as a subject at the honours level. A resolution was passed by the academic council on September 21 and the Syndicate too passed it on September 24. We have now sent a special messenger to the Raj Bhavan with the draft ordinance, exam regulation and syllabus. We have also requested for sanctioning one post for a professor, two posts for readers, four posts for lecturers and four each for Grade III and IV employees for the PG department. A request has also been sent to sanction four posts of lecturers at the honours level. We have also proposed a budget of Rs 71 lakh for teaching Bhojpuri at the PG level. Four colleges--Jain College, Ara, Jagjiwan College, Ara, DK College, Dumraon and SP College, Sasaram have sent proposals to the university to start teaching of Bhojpuri at the honours level."