Saturday;June 11,2016:The plan to open 13 new government colleges this year has been revealed by the Punjab government.

Higher Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra said, "Of the total 13 colleges, two colleges will be professional, two of them would be based on model degree, while the remaining nine will be degree colleges".

He further added that the two professional and two model degree colleges would be started in collaboration with the Rashtriya Uchttam Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA).

70 % of construction work of Punjab Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar, has already been completed.

Punjab Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar, and the Punjab Aeronautical College of Engineering, Patiala are the two professional colleges which would be opened with an estimated investment of Rs 26 crore each.