Students to suffer due to fewer seats

Statesman News Service

MALDA, 1 JUNE: Successful students in the HS examinations may face problems in getting admission into colleges in the district because of limited enrollment capacity.

Students interested in Science subjects may face more problems, owing to lack of colleges where science subjects are available.

Apprehending such problems, both the SFI and CP, students’ organisations, have planned to launch a movement to resolve the issue.

The district secretary of the SFI, Mr Joy Chakraborty said: “We have planned to submit a memorandum to the authorities of Gour Banga University on 5 June on the issue of ongoing admission problems and examination procedures in colleges.”

“From tomorrow, the admission process will begin in 23 colleges within Gour Banga University. We want the college authorities to take admission of students on the basis of merit. Seat allotments in honours subjects, especially Science should be taken proper care of,” Mr Chakraborty said.

In Malda there are nine colleges, including the newly established Harishchandrapur College. Amongst these only the Malda College is up to the mark in Science subjects, including Computer Science.

Besides Malda College, there are only two colleges in Chanchal and Old Malda where students can study Mathematics as an honours and Science as a pass subject.

Last year, following students’ agitation, authorities had increased admission into colleges by three seats in each honours subject to accommodate more meritorious and interested students.

The CP district president, Mr Madhumay Sarkar said: “We are going to submit a memorandum to the district administration on 3 June on the issue of overall admission problems in this district. This year, calculating the present percentage of successful candidates in MP and HS, nearly 5,000 students would have to drop out due to lack of seats in colleges.”

“We will demand that college authorities issue an admission form to all students. There would not be any merit bar before giving out admission forms. After submission of the applications, the college authorities can select the students on the basis of merit,” Mr. Sarkar said.

This will lead to more and more students intrested in Science, queuing up before Malda College.

The College is already under tremendous pressure regarding admission into various Science subjects.

Students from Murshidabad, North and South Dinajpur come here to seek admission into Malda College's Science department.