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The State Higher Education Department has launched a comprehensive review of infrastructure across state-aided colleges in response to growing safety concerns. The department has called for immediate reports from all state-funded institutions, soliciting immediate feedback about any buildings that may be considered unsafe or in a derelict condition.
Principals of the colleges have been advised to submit evaluations of insecure and crumbling buildings without any delay.
Letter from the Higher Education Department:
“It has come to notice that several colleges may have infrastructures in dilapidated conditions including Classrooms, Laboratories, Office buildings, Lavatories, etc., which may become potentially unsafe for Students, Teachers and Staff,” the letter read.
It further added, “Such infrastructures must be assessed immediately and declared unsafe by the competent authority and reported to the undersigned without any delay. Further to address the infrastructure deficiencies, caused therein, the Principals may place their financial requisitions towards the overall development of college infrastructure including construction and renovation of buildings.”
Immediate Reporting Required
College principals have been directed to report any concerns regarding unsafe conditions in their institutions. In response, the government has assured prompt measures to tackle the issue.
These aging and precarious structures pose significant dangers to students and staff. As such, the department emphasizes the importance of swiftly identifying these buildings and categorizing them as unsafe.
Once these buildings are deemed hazardous, principals are advised to report any insufficiencies in functional educational spaces to the Higher Education Department. This will enable the authorities to take appropriate remedial measures, it read.
The matter of unsafe college buildings was previously highlighted in the legislative assembly, underscoring the imperative need for immediate resolution.
