Mangaluru: Admissions have been poor at Dakshina Kannada district’s first Government Evening College at P Dayananda Pai Satish Pai Government First Grade College campus, Car Street, that started this academic year.
The college is affiliated with Mangalore University. The college has been sanctioned under the state government’s ‘Sandhya Shakti,’ initiative to manage the extra rush of admissions to undergraduate courses, and cater to poor students.
The college has BCom and BCA courses that can accomodate 60 and 50 seats, respectively, however, it has managed to admit only 12 students for the BCA course, and five students for the BCom course. As per the rules, a college can start only if there are 10 or more admissions.
Rajashekar Hebbar, principal of the evening college, said since there are less students admitted, they cannot start courses. A total three students joined the day college, and one student got admitted to the BCA evening college course. Another student joined the University Evening College in Hampankatta. “This year, we will start with only the BCA course, and we will start the BCom course from next year. All enrolled students will receive similar facilities offered to their day college counterparts. The evening college was proposed during the 2021-22 state budget.”
Hebbar said, “A majority of students got admitted in private evening colleges in the city, as we received the order very late. Our admissions will improve next year for both courses.”
Some of the senior lecturers blamed that evening college would have received good admissions if the people in charge worked well and promoted the courses. “This was not done here and it is sad to see that a lot of seats are vacant,” criticised a senior lecturer.
Jenifer Lolita C, joint director, Collegiate Education, Dakshina Kannada, declined to comment on the issue.
Apart from Dakshina Kannada, the department of higher education has also sanctioned 10 more evening colleges in 10 municipal corporations in the state this year.
The college is affiliated with Mangalore University. The college has been sanctioned under the state government’s ‘Sandhya Shakti,’ initiative to manage the extra rush of admissions to undergraduate courses, and cater to poor students.
The college has BCom and BCA courses that can accomodate 60 and 50 seats, respectively, however, it has managed to admit only 12 students for the BCA course, and five students for the BCom course. As per the rules, a college can start only if there are 10 or more admissions.
Rajashekar Hebbar, principal of the evening college, said since there are less students admitted, they cannot start courses. A total three students joined the day college, and one student got admitted to the BCA evening college course. Another student joined the University Evening College in Hampankatta. “This year, we will start with only the BCA course, and we will start the BCom course from next year. All enrolled students will receive similar facilities offered to their day college counterparts. The evening college was proposed during the 2021-22 state budget.”
Hebbar said, “A majority of students got admitted in private evening colleges in the city, as we received the order very late. Our admissions will improve next year for both courses.”
Some of the senior lecturers blamed that evening college would have received good admissions if the people in charge worked well and promoted the courses. “This was not done here and it is sad to see that a lot of seats are vacant,” criticised a senior lecturer.
Jenifer Lolita C, joint director, Collegiate Education, Dakshina Kannada, declined to comment on the issue.
Apart from Dakshina Kannada, the department of higher education has also sanctioned 10 more evening colleges in 10 municipal corporations in the state this year.
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