Medical college opening in Mau and Shamli known for mafia and migration: Yogi
Lucknow (IANS). Wednesday was a very important day for the medical education sector of UP. In the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while agreements were signed for setting up medical colleges on PPP mode in Shamli and Mau districts, ratings of all nursing and paramedical institutions of the state were released under Mission Niramaya.
During this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that medical colleges are opening today in Mau and Shamli, which are known for mafia and migration. Before 2017, there were only 12 medical colleges in the state, but after 2017, realizing the concept of ‘one district-one medical college’, medical colleges are being established in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Today government medical colleges are operational in 45 districts, while construction is underway in 16 districts.
He said that medical colleges are being established in districts like Mau and Shamli, which were known six years ago due to other factors. Mau used to be scared because of the mafia, while Shamli had the sting of migration. But today medical colleges are being established in both these districts. It is like a dream come true.
Yogi said that the previous governments had neglected paramedical and nursing institutions. The State Medical Faculty itself was ailing and there was no focus on quality education. In such a situation there was a need for ‘Mission Niramaya’, which was extended by the government. Under this, 12 good institutions were identified as mentors. As a result of the ongoing reform process with the mentor-mentee policy, today eight more institutes have been upgraded as mentors. This is the proof of the changing system.
The Chief Minister said that it was decided to establish medical colleges on PPP (Public Private Partnership) basis in 16 unserved districts of the state. In this sequence, private investors have been selected in Maharajganj and Sambhal in the past and construction of medical college is in progress at both the places. Today an agreement has been signed between the Rajiv Samajik Shiksha Seva Sansthan in district Mau and the identified private partner Gyan Chetna Educational Society in district Shamli and the Uttar Pradesh government. A private medical college will be set up at each place by a private investor with an investment of about Rs 250 crore.
On this occasion, under the ‘Mentor-Mentee’ process adopted to improve the quality of nursing and paramedical institutions, eight new institutions were given mentor certificates.
QCI Secretary General RP Singh said that following this effort of Uttar Pradesh, NITI Aayog has advised the Indian Nursing Council to implement a similar system across the country.
