*PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department has constructed10 additional universities, including two women universities during itsfive-year tenure.*

It was revealed in a performance report of KP Education Department onWednesday.

The report said 47 new colleges were established during the past fiveyears, including nine boys’ colleges, 32 girls’ colleges, six commercecolleges, and two Home Economics Colleges for women.

Furthermore, 20 more colleges will be completed by end of this year.

As per the report, the budget allocation for Higher Education departmentincreased by 113% and financial assistance for universities by 79% duringthe past five years.

The report said ratio of admissions in colleges increased by 21% and thatof in universities by 43% in last five years.

The report said that Rs.933 million have been spent during the past fiveyears for provision of different facilities in 79 KP colleges.

In an attempt to monitor the performance of colleges, biometric attendancemachines have been installed in 185 general colleges and 31 commercecolleges of the province.

Financial assistance of Rs124.6m has been provided to 5,193 unemployedgraduates in the province.