Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Maharashtra government will set up a Marathi medium college in Kolhapur for the Marathi-speaking people residing in the border areas of Karnataka, a minister said on Tuesday.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant, in a statement here, said the decision has been taken to cater to the educational needs of the Marathi-speaking population residing in the neighbouring state.
He said that the new state-run college will be a sub-centre of the Shivaji University at Kolhapur.
The Kolhapur district collector will provide a five-acre plot for the proposed college following which all necessary official permissions will be given, Samant said.
The college will start functioning from the next academic year, the release said.
A committee headed by Shivaji University vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar will work out the modalities for establishing the educational institute, it added.
The border areas of Karnataka have a sizeable Marathi-speaking population.
PTI
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