Bhopal: The World Bank will give Rs.250 crore assistance to Madhya Pradesh for improving higher education in the state, an official said on Friday.

World Bank has given its in-principle consent in this regard.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the functioning of the higher education department and instructed officials to complete construction of additional buildings of colleges within the scheduled time. He said action for removing encroachments from government college land should be taken on priority.

Chouhan also told his officers to give special attention to employment-oriented training programmes for youth. IANS