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Government colleges take steps to woo students

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Panels are constituted to improve the pass percentage

They will also ask the parents to join their wards in their colleges
There are 21 government junior colleges in the district

VIZIANAGARAM: In the wake of dwindling enrolment of students in government junior colleges following poor infrastructure facilities and shortage of faculty, forcing parents to look toward corporate colleges for quality education, the District Vocational Education Department here has constituted committees, comprising principals and lecturers in each college with an objective to meet parents and request them to admit their children in government colleges.

The committees would also strive to improve pass percentage to attract students to the colleges in near future. There are 21 government junior colleges in the district.

According to B. Satyam, the DVEO, the committee members have been meeting parents for the past one week and the process would continue till March-end. Further, appointment of lecturers on contract-basis to fill up the 154 vacancies is also underway.

Funds sanctioned

The government had sanctioned Rs.1.75 crores under RIDF-11 and Rs.1.47 crores under RIDF-12 for construction of additional classrooms and basic amenities in the government junior colleges.

It may be recalled that the Commissioner (Education) had issued a circular in May, 2006 that the students interested to join the government junior colleges have to give a written undertaking that if in any case the strength required for admission in a course is inadequate the student have to opt either for another course or leave the college.

In spite of the guidelines the government junior colleges ignored the circular and enrolled students as per the practice in vogue. The controversial order, the students’ organisations argued then, was issued to reduce expenses.

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