Bhubaneswar: The state Higher Education Department will soon have two new regional directorates in Jeypore in Koraput and Balasore districts. This was decided after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the proposal today.
While the Jeypore regional directorate will have Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Kalahandi and Nuapada under its jurisdiction, Balasore, Bhadrak,Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar will come under the Balasore directorate.
Currently, three regional directorates of the department are functioning from Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Sambalpur. These centres look after the publication of new course curriculum and fix the remuneration of teachers and staff. Since the task of the directorates had escalated in view of the rise in enrollments in both government and private colleges across the state, the decision to set up two more directorates was taken, an official of the department said.