India, Oct. 31 -- The Minister for Education, Sakeena Itoo, today said that the 52 newly sanctioned degree colleges are being made fully functional before any proposal will be taken for opening new degree colleges across Jammu and Kashmir.

The Minister stated this while replying to a clubbed question of Legislators, Nizamuddin Bhat, Dr. Rajeev Kumar Bhagat, Muzaffer Iqbal Khan, Choudhary Akram and Dr Rameshwar Singh regarding the establishment of Degree Colleges, in the Legislative Assembly today.

The Minister highlighted that the upgradation of degree colleges across Jammu and Kashmir will not be on any kind of political interference, rather it will be as per the requirements of the public. She also said that the Health and Education s...