PRAYAGRAJ, May 12 -- In a first for Uttar Pradesh, 71 newly constructed government degree colleges are all set to kick-start functioning simultaneously with academic activities for the 2025-26 academic session from July 1.

This new session will be a special achievement for the state higher education department wherein teaching and learning will start in such a large number of degree colleges simultaneously, said officials aware of the move.

More than 40 of these new degree colleges have already been formally transferred to the UP directorate of higher education by the implementing agencies, and now the officials are busy ensuring requisite resources, including furniture and equipment for these colleges, officials added.

"Under the chie...