Fading glory of govt. colleges
Government colleges have not been on the list of best colleges for the last few years. It is because they are plagued with multifarious problems such as lack of teachers, dirty politics, absence of easy new subjects like computer and Islamic studies, poor monitoring and corruption. There are many government colleges where only one teacher is to run the whole department single-handedly juggling between office works and giving a few classes that is humanly possible out of several classes everyday. Naturally most often students get no classes as a result they recourse to private tutors and coaching centers. So government college classes remain almost empty that too often get disturbed or closed by wrangling and violence between rival groups and college administration itself. This sorry state is there for long. The repeated application for creating new posts and opening new subjects often gets no nod from the concerned ministries. On the other hand, college administrations get discouraged to do development works in the colleges because of racketeering by the student leaders backed up by the local MPs. Only political commitment and proper monitoring and attracting good ones to teaching professions can turn the sorry state of the government colleges around.
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