Colleges sans students

there is hardly any room for complacency at the higher percentage of pass in SSC and HSC exams when many colleges do not get students for admission

It is disturbing to note that at least 280 educational institutions under different education boards have not got any student after the first merit list of college admission was published on Monday, according to a report of this newspaper yesterday. On the other hand, 882 educational institutions got less than 10 students and 1,758 institutions below 20 to run colleges and madrasas, sources in the Inter-Education Board Coordination Sub-Committee said. Under the Technical Education Board, 154 colleges did not get any student. 
These statistics give a very dismal scenario of the education in the country. Over the past few years, the country witnessed a mushrooming growth of educational institutions in the country. But very few of them could come up to a minimum standard let alone ensuring a proper academic environment.  Colleges and madrasas were established without conducting any survey or assessing the situation. Many educational institutions were set up on political considerations and for reaping financial benefits by some vested quarters. Many such institutions are enjoying the MPO (monthly pay order) from the government. Is it not sheer wastage of the state exchequer? Time has come to take stock of the entire situation.  
Mushrooming growth of educational institutions, including private universities and private medical colleges, could not improve the quality of education; rather the reverse happened. Universities and medical colleges have been set up without fulfilling the conditions set by the government. Many of the private universities failed to ensure minimum standard of education.  
The ills confronting the education sector have triggered concern among the conscious people of the society. Recruitment of incompetent teachers due to political connection, session jam, realisation of higher tuition fees and other fees from students  of schools, colleges and universities, leakage of question papers before holding of public examinations, apathy of a section of teachers in imparting quality education, ‘coaching business’  by teachers, brazen loyalty of a section of teachers to those in power and out of power have contributed to the appalling situation  prevailing in the education arena. 
 Underperforming colleges and madrasas should be brought under scrutiny.   Though actions were taken against the authorities of some such institutions in the past, the rot could not be stemmed. There is hardly any room for expressing complacency at the higher percentage of pass in the SSC and HSC examinations and the increasing number of GPA holders.  It is high time for the government to take action against the institutions that have failed to deliver. There is no room for leniency where quality education is concerned. 

 

Colleges sans students

there is hardly any room for complacency at the higher percentage of pass in SSC and HSC exams when many colleges do not get students for admission

It is disturbing to note that at least 280 educational institutions under different education boards have not got any student after the first merit list of college admission was published on Monday, according to a report of this newspaper yesterday. On the other hand, 882 educational institutions got less than 10 students and 1,758 institutions below 20 to run colleges and madrasas, sources in the Inter-Education Board Coordination Sub-Committee said. Under the Technical Education Board, 154 colleges did not get any student. These statistics give a very dismal scenario of the education in the country. Over the past few years, the country witnessed a mushrooming growth of educational institutions in the country. But very few of them could come up to a minimum standard let alone ensuring a proper academic environment. Colleges and madrasas were established without conducting any survey or assessing the situation. Many educational institutions were set up on political considerations and for reaping financial benefits by some vested quarters. Many such institutions are enjoying the MPO (monthly pay order) from the government. Is it not sheer wastage of the state exchequer? Time has come to take stock of the entire situation. Mushrooming growth of educational institutions, including private universities and private medical colleges, could not improve the quality of education; rather the reverse happened. Universities and medical colleges have been set up without fulfilling the conditions set by the government. Many of the private universities failed to ensure minimum standard of education. The ills confronting the education sector have triggered concern among the conscious people of the society. Recruitment of incompetent teachers due to political connection, session jam, realisation of higher tuition fees and other fees from students of schools, colleges and universities, leakage of question papers before holding of public examinations, apathy of a section of teachers in imparting quality education, coaching business by teachers, brazen loyalty of a section of teachers to those in power and out of power have contributed to the appalling situation prevailing in the education arena. Underperforming colleges and madrasas should be brought under scrutiny. Though actions were taken against the authorities of some such institutions in the past, the rot could not be stemmed. There is hardly any room for expressing complacency at the higher percentage of pass in the SSC and HSC examinations and the increasing number of GPA holders. It is high time for the government to take action against the institutions that have failed to deliver. There is no room for leniency where quality education is concerned.