Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 27: Forum of Recognized Colleges (FORCE) has appealed the State Government not to accord permission for opening of more private Colleges of Education in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The colleges are already suffering huge loss due to unfilled seats every year since the number of BEd admission seekers has considerably reduced for the last some time,” said Harbans Singh, president of the Forum and a former Minister while addressing a press conference, here today.
He feared that opening of more B Ed colleges would further increase the number of unfilled seat and prove disastrous for these colleges, which were already finding it difficult to sustain.
“Last year, 7200 seats remained vacant in Jammu based B Ed colleges while the situation in Kashmir Valley was worse where more than 50 percent seats could not be filled up due to less number of applicants,” Mr Singh explained.
Keeping in view of this situation where the available B Ed seats are not being filled up, Mr Singh added, the opening of more B Ed Colleges in the State would not serve any purpose except further loss to the existing colleges.
Pertinent to mention that there are 74 B Ed colleges in Jammu with intake capacity of 21000 seats and 67 colleges in Kashmir Valley with intake capacity of 24000 seats.
“Opening of more BEd colleges will crush the economic viability of the existing colleges, the managements of which have spent handsome amount on the building and other infrastructure,” the Forum president said and gave example of ETT colleges.
FORCE also appealed the Governor and Chief Minister to personally intervene into the matter and ensure a full stop on the opening of new B Ed colleges in J&K.
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