patna the 15 community colleges set up by the state government will start functioning from the current academic session as the ugc has approved the scheme and is likely to sanction funds for the purpose state higher education department special secretary sanjivan sinha said the other day the ugc recently asked the government to furnish bank account details of the community colleges so that funds could be transferred to their accounts the process of admission of students to various specialized courses in these community colleges would be started soon the community colleges will offer diploma courses in jewellery designing computer applications software development fashion technology food processing mobile technology airconditioning and refrigeration automobile mechanism sales and marketing management agriculture and greenhouse technology among others the state government has proposed to the central government to sanction a sum of rs one crore to each community college teachers of parent institutions having expertise in the trade concerned along with some external experts would engage the classes and train the students in developing skills he added the colleges which are supposed to introduce community education include patna womens college a n college j d womens college and government womens collegegardanibagh in patna other colleges selected under the scheme are gaya collegegaya rddj collegemunger r k collegemadhubani purnia collegepurnia l s collegemuzaffarpur m s collegemotihari r n collegesaharsa c m science collegedarbhanga rajendra collegechhapra narayana collegegoriakothi and agricultural collegesabour the community colleges would utilize the infrastructure of the host degree colleges on sharing basis and would be administratively controlled by aryabhatta knowledge university the university will be responsible for the conduct of examinations publication of results and the award of certificates to the successful students community colleges conceptualized as an alternative system of education aim to empower individuals through appropriate skill development leading to gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and community the colleges are to offer educational opportunities to all sections of society particularly the marginalized and the disadvantaged