By: Hrusikesh Mohanty
Berhampur: It's a college where no student has passed since
its inception. The state government-run junior science college at Jeerango in
Gajapati district retained its dubious distinction with the nil result in Plus
II (science) examination this year too.
As many as 20 out of 27 students took the examination this
year. No student of the college has passed in last five years since its first
batch sat the examination in 2009, official sources said.
The college was established in 2007 with Central government
funds to facilitate education of mostly Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled
Caste (SC) children. Altogether 14 students had taken the exam in 2009 (first
batch). While five students had appeared in the subsequent year, four and six
students took the exam in 2011 and 2012, respectively, sources said.
College authorities attributed the nil result to lack of
permanent staff. Only two lecturers (botany and mathematics) from Khallikote
junior college, Berhampur, teach the students three days a week while one Odia
lecturer from SKCG College, Paralakhemundi, is the in charge principal.
"There are no teachers to teach chemistry, physics, zoology and
English," said in charge principal KC Padhy.
Though there are several rooms in the college, but it is
going without a laboratory, power and telephone. "We have written letters
for appointment of permanent faculties in the college to higher education
department," said collector (Gajapati) Basudev Bahinipati.
"I have also raised the issue at principals'
conferences. I also apprised officers of higher education department of the
lacunae after becoming in-charge principal in February," said Padhy. The
collector has suggested the government to hand over the college to SC & ST
Development Department. "As most of the students are from SC and ST
communities, it is better to hand over the college to the department
concerned," Bahinipati said. ToI
Comments in the Times of India
A shameful story. The Principal, other lecturers should not defend themselves. Despite the shortcomings if they had treated the students as if their own child the results would have been different. All other colleges where students are coming out successful are having some or the other problem, still they are able to come out successful. On the other hand I am not arguing that facilities should not be provided to the college.
Instead of shooting the principal of the college why not the so called intelligentsia of Odisha asking for better facilities and staff for this college from the state government, which has always been showing discrimination towards the colleges of South Odisha. The people of the State must think, is it really possible to ensure good result with only two lecturers in hand? Are the colleges in Bhubaneswar performing with having same type of problems? It is difficult to understand that what type of plight the students of the backward districts of south Odisha are facing? therefore, intelligentsia of the state should force the state govt. to give more attention, staff and facilities to the colleges in the backward districts of south Odisha instead of bashing the principal and temporary staff of the college.
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