Govt Department of Collegiate Education Karnataka Jobs 2023 - Sarkari Naukri

Established in 1960, the Department of Collegiate Education aims at making quality Higher Education accessible to students of all sections of society. this Department. With holistic development of students as its core concern, the Department endeavours to bring quality Higher Education within the reach of the most disempowered classes, women and rural populace.
Presently the Department of Collegiate Education manages the planning, administration and funding of 430 Government First Grade Colleges that include 355 co-education colleges, 53 girls’ colleges, 06 law colleges, 14 residential colleges, 02 chitrakala colleges and 02 Model colleges and 321 Aided First Grade Colleges in the state with the assistance of 06 Regional Offices in Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Shimoga, Dharwad and Gulbarga.
It is interesting to note that the names of several prominent academicians of post-independence years like Dr.Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Sri. Lakshminarayana Modaliar of post independence years are associated with the Department as recommendations of committees chaired by them have played a key role in establishing it. The expansion of the Department is equally impressive when referred back to its modest beginning with mere 44 colleges.