EFLU centre in Kollam district

Updated on: Tuesday, August 04, 2009

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has given green signal for the proposed Kerala campus of the Hyderabad-based English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) at Thinkalkarikkam near Pathanapuram in Kollam district.

If the project is implemented, the multi-campus will be the third centre of the EFLU outside Hyderabad. Besides the main campus in Hyderabad, it currently has two regional centres in Shillong and Lucknow.

Vice Chancellor Abhai Maurya told The Hindu-EducationPlus over telephone from Hyderabad that the university has received the no-objection certificate from the UGC for the Kerala campus of EFLU. He said that the initial financial allocation for the project was about Rs.72 crore.

Pointing out that the university was now awaiting the final clearance from the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), the Vice-Chancellor said that he would soon meet the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and brief him about the proposal.

EFLU will build classrooms, administrative structures, hostels for at least 3,000 students, guest houses for Indian and foreign guests and trainees (at least 300 rooms), playgrounds and other sports facilities of international standards at the proposed site.

The academic programmes proposed for the Kerala campus include five-year integrated MA in English and foreign languages; journalism and mass communication; B.Ed. and M.Ed. (English language) and M.Phil. and Ph.D. in education; training programmes for school and college teachers of English; postgraduate certificate and diploma in the teaching of English; M.Phil. in all disciplines; Ph.D. in all disciplines; short-term need-based proficiency courses in English and foreign languages for Indian learners; short-term need-based proficiency courses in English and foreign languages for foreign learners; and all degree programmes in English and other subjects for foreign students coming from all non-English-speaking countries.

EFLU will set up the entire infrastructure required for the campus. University authorities said the proposed multi-campus in Kerala would focus on disseminating instructional, research and extension facilities in the teaching of English and foreign languages and literature in the country.

It will also take appropriate measures for inter-disciplinary studies and research in literary and cultural studies and develop critical inter-cultural understanding of civilisations. The EFLU is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament on August 3, 2007. It is the only university in India devoted exclusively to the study of English and foreign languages.

EFLU centre in Kollam district

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