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Most degree college students bunk off classes
A SURVEY has revealed that students at degree level in the city have very little interest in college studies. Only a few students take the degree courses seriously and with a spirit of commitment.
A SURVEY has revealed that students at degree level in the city have very little interest in college studies. Only a few students take the degree courses seriously and with a spirit of commitment.
The revelations were made by the Economic Information Bureau (EIB) on the basis of its findings during a survey of the degree colleges affiliated to Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU).
Chairman of the EIB Dr MP Singh and secretary Dr RK Gupta told Hindustan Times that students pursuing degree courses at Delhi were more serious than the students of CSJMU studying same courses. Only thirty per cent students in the most prestigious colleges of the city were found serious about the courses while seventy per cent joined the courses just to acquire the degree without serious studies Dr Singh said.
He said most of the students who took admiszsion in degree colleges paid more attention towards the professional courses they have joined. Many of them prefer private coaching for succeeding at the professional courses and avoid going to colleges regularly.
Dr Singh said though the University had introduced the courses and teaching norms strictly in accordance with the University Grant Commission (UGC) yet the students were not attracted towards these courses.
The main reason behind the apathy of the students towards the regular courses was poor academic environment at the colleges.
According to the survey report most of the degree colleges in the city did not have adequate infrastructure for imparting effective education to the students.
Colleges lack expert teachers and well established laboratories. Classrooms are dark and dingy. Students have to sit in the classrooms amidst horrible conditions during the power cuts, as the college management do not operate generators for want of fuel-fund. Besides, there were no staff room for teachers to sit in free hours nor the library facilities were up to mark in many colleges.
Good library and a recreation room in the colleges could attract students and make them seriously study the subjects they have offered.
The report said that in order to accommodate a large number of admission seekers evening classes were introduced at some colleges but barring one or two colleges no college could run them satisfactorily for want of teachers and adequate number of class rooms.
According to Dr Singh the primary survey was conducted at the Christ Church, PPN, DAV, VSSD,DBS, HSJS and Armapore Degree college .
