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The Central University of
Odisha has been established
by the Parliament under the
Central Universities Act,
2009 (No. 3C of 2009). It is
one of the 15 new Central
Universities established by
the Government of India
during the UGC XI Plan
period to address the
concerns of "equity and access"
and as per the
policy of the Government of
India to increase the access
to quality higher education
by people in less
educationally developed
districts which have a
Graduate Enrollment Ratio of
less than the national
average of 11%. Koraput
District of Odisha comes
within the KBK region (Koraput,
Bolangir and Kalahandi)
which is still considered as
an extremely as
underdeveloped region of the
State of Odisha .These three
districts of the State are
known for tribal culture,
because majority of the
people here belong to ST and
SC categories. Since there
is no University or any
other national level
educational set up in this
region the Central
University is proposed to be
established here so that it
may widen the access to
quality higher education in
the country. |
