Demand for seats in Dharwad’s government PU colleges picks up. Hubli News – Times of India

Dharwad: Government PU colleges in the district, which usually face shortage of students, are now witnessing a sudden jump in demand. seatsThank you 100% Result recently held SSLC Exams.
Earlier, only those students who could not buy seats in private colleges were demanding Entry In government colleges, but now the scene has changed. Long queues can be seen in front of government PU colleges.
The state government has announced that the offline classes for class 9, 10, and I and II PU will start from August 23 in the districts where the COVID positivity rate is less than 2%, but the students are still continuing the offline classes hassle-free. Doubts about keeping it. “Instead of paying a hefty fee for attending online classes and taking admission in a private college, it is better to enroll in a government college For less fees,” said Santosh, who has got admission in a government college.
There are 27 government PU colleges in Dharwad district and almost all the seats in all the colleges are full. Government PU colleges in rural areas of the district were facing shortage of students but now they are seeing students pouring in to take admission. “The fees in government colleges are low and in case of lockdown and closure of offline classes, we can meet our teachers in local colleges. So I decided to sit in a local government college,” said Ashok Patil of Hebsoor in Hubli taluk. The PU Education Department has started an enrollment drive on the lines of the one launched by the Department of Primary and Secondary Education. The department officials have collected the information of all the students who have passed SSLC and contacted their parents to persuade their ward to get admission in the government college.
There are 39 aided and 110 unaided private colleges in the district and there are seats too. Following the appeal of MLC SV Sankaroor, the PUE department has increased the maximum number of students in a division from 80 to 100 on the condition that the college should have the necessary infrastructure to meet the needs of the additional students. Some colleges have also been allowed to start additional divisions without demanding additional teaching staff.
According to the office of the deputy director of PUE department, 23,000 students took admission in IPU in government and private colleges last year. This year over 29,000 have passed the SSLC exam from the state syllabus and 10,000 students have been promoted from the CBSE syllabus. As a result, the number of students getting admission in IPU has gone up to 40,000.
“Our college has facilities like class room, library, laboratory etc. to cater the extra students but we are short of permanent staff as the department has not given permission to fill up the vacancies. We are running the show by recruiting teachers on temporary basis. The government should allow recruitment of permanent staff,” said the principal of an aided private college.

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