Maharashtra Govt decides to name up-coming College Hostels in the State "Matoshree", Get Details Here

Maharashtra Govt to Rename College Hostel: As per the latest update, Maharashtra State Government has announced that it plans on naming all up-coming college hostels in the state-run universities as 'Matoshree'. The decision was announced by Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant on Friday. The minister announced the decision to name all state run college hostels as 'Matoshree' while inaugurating the hostel of Kavi Kulguru Sanskrit University in Ramtek. Incidentally, 'Matoshree' happens to be the name of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's residence in suburban Bandra here.

While announcing the decision, Uday Samant noted that he will be exploring the possibility of renaming the existing hostels as 'Matoshree, as these facilities offer students shelter like their own mothers. In addition to this, he also noted that "All the upcoming hostels on campuses of universities will be named 'Matoshree'. I will also explore the possibility of giving the same name to the existing facilities.”

Colleges to Reopen from 15^th February

Earlier, the state government had announced that it would be allowing reopening of colleges in the state from 15^th February 2021. The education minister also confirmed that the reopening of the colleges in the state will be conducted as per the COVID-19 protocols. Moreover, the mandatory 75% attendance rule has also been done away with for this academic year, keeping in mind the current COVID-19 pandemic situation. Also for the initial reopening, only 50% strength of the overall students would be allowed in a classroom, to ensure proper social distancing between the students.