Govt PU colleges see poor admissions despite early hostel portal opening
Last year, candidates from far-off places, who preferred hostels were inconvenienced since they did not get hostels by the beginning of the academic year.
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They were forced to stay in paying guest accommodations or their relatives' houses, and got admissions to hostels only after a month of the start of the academic year.
However, the state govt opened the portal early, and yet there is no positive response to admissions.
For example, Government PU College for Women in Balmatta, which gets the highest admission among all PU colleges in the district, has been able to fill only 50% of seats so far.
"We are clueless as to why the admissions are dull this time. We have a total intake of 500 seats across three streams—arts, commerce, and science. The majority of our candidates come from other districts and far-off places in the district. Considering the inconvenience caused last year due to the delay in hostel admission, the govt has opened the portal early, and yet there is a poor response," said college principal Vanita Devadiga, adding that admissions are overall poor compared to previous years.
The first-year classes will begin on June 2 across the state. The college heads also speculate that the candidates are either opting for diploma or short-term job-oriented courses. If not, they are taking admission in private institutions. "We expected to fill at least 50 seats this academic year, and so far only 25 seats are filled. The scenario across the district is similar this year," said Jayanand Suvarna, principal of Govt PU College, Shaktinagar, and president of the Dakshina Kannada Pre-University Colleges Principals' Association.
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Another PU college principal shared that those who are taking the SSLC-2 exam for enhancing their results are not many. As a result, all those candidates must have taken admission by now. "Only science and commerce streams have demand, and there are no takers for arts streams. Even those PU colleges which had good admissions in the arts stream reported poor admissions," said Vittal K, principal, Kittel Memorial PU College.
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