There is no need for a safety audit of the new Engineering College, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui said today in response to the recent collapse of the dome of the under-construction new Assembly building.
The fate of every new building will not be the same as the doomed dome, as the design is not as technically complicated as the Assembly structure, he added.
The authorities are currently in the process of obtaining clearances from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), following which the Engineering College will start accepting students.
Meanwhile, on the subject of a state university, Rymbui said that, while it is the endeavour of every state to have its own university, the financial challenges are huge and the state government is currently happy with just having North-Eastern Hills University (NEHU), which is a central varsity.
NEHU is currently able to cater to the needs of Meghalaya’s colleges, he added.
The demand for a state university came back to the fore recently after the central government introduced the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for central universities and their affiliated colleges. However, Meghalaya’s colleges, though not NEHU itself, were exempted from the CUET.
