Govt Degree College, Nowshera

About Govt Degree College, Nowshera

Govt. Degree College, Nowshera is located in Nowshera town. Nowshera is a sub-district falling under the jurisdiction of district Rajouri. The main town is located on the bank of the Manawer River just 2 miles inwards from the Taayin Bridge on Jammu-Poonch national highway. Nowshera has a vast expense spreading over 1352 sq. kms. It is a nature bound beautiful area in lower Himalayan ranges and having plenty of small forests especially among the Line of Control with Pak-occupied Kashmir. The Mangla Mata Temple, Mangla Devi Fort, Fort of Darhal QilaDarhal and the Chhati-Badshahi Central Gurudwara of Nonial are the main tourist attractions of this town. Besides, this town has a very high literacy rate of 79 per cent that is much higher than the national average of 68 p.c. The male literacy is 82 p.c. while female literacy nearly parallels it at 76 p.c.

Government Degree College Nowshera is one among the other four newly established degree colleges located in this sub-district having its own well equipped infrastructural facilities.Opening of a government degree college in Nowshera was a long pending demand of the people of Nowshera since they have a deep inclination towards imparting education to their children and wards.

It was in 2008 when Govt. Degree College, Nowshera was established under Prime Minister Reconstruction Programme that start functioning from the premises of the Govt. Middle School, Nowshera. So far seven batches of students have passed out with their graduation degrees from this college. In fact, the college is playing an important role to promote higher education among the students of Nowshera, QilaDarhal, Sunderbani and parts of Kalakote Tehsils especially the girl students.

It is pertinent to mention here that the enrolment of the girl students surpasses the number of male-student in all parts and semesters of the Bachelor of Arts and B. Sc. From the session, 2016-17, the Science courses with Computer Sciences and Mathematics have been started for the students of this area with the shifting if this college to its new campus and building at Darshan Nagar. With this, the student enrolment has raised to above 700 that is further expected to rise with the start of Geography as new subject from the current academic session.