Teachers move door to door to collect students for colleges
Amid serious shortage of admission seekers, teachers of non-government colleges in the district are moving door to door to persuade students to get admission to their colleges.
About 7,000 students passed this year's SSC examinations from seven upazilas of the district while 14,250 students are needed to fill up seats in 57 colleges, including two government and 55 non-government ones, in the district, said sources concerned.
The situation has arisen as many of the colleges were set up violating rules and criteria, only on political consideration.
According to the rules of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), at least 250 students have to be admitted to a college in each academic year.
To fulfil the condition, teachers of the non-government colleges are moving door to door, trying to lure students to join their institutions.
Promising various facilities including free admission, free books and tuition waiver, they are requesting guardians to send their wards to their colleges.
Jibon Das, headmaster of Makhon Sukul High School in Patuakhali Sadar upazila, said teachers from different colleges come to the school every day and request him to motivate his students who passed the SSC to get admission to their colleges.
"Teachers from three colleges have already come to my house and requested me to send my daughter to their colleges. They offered admission, books and study for free," said Abdul Mannan of Auliapur village under Sadar upazila.
"We face crisis of students as there are much more colleges than required," said principal of a non-government college in Sadar upazila.
"As per rules, a college should be set up in a 10 square mile area with 75,000 people. At best 23 colleges can be set up for about 17 lakh people in the district but there are already 57 colleges. I have nothing to do in this regard as the DSHE directly controls everything about colleges," District Education Officer Anwar Hossain said.
Of the non-government colleges in the district, 15 are in Sadar upazila, 10 each in Baufal and Galachipa, seven in Dumki, six in Mirzaganj, five in Kalapara and two in Dashmina upazila.
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