TOI had reported on August 3 about the miserable response to the NU travel and tourism course, which is nearly two decades old and perhaps the first in entire region, managing to attract only five students against the capacity of 30. The downslide started a couple of years ago despite all 36 departments getting a facelift with new equipment like computers and projectors.
Like travel and tourism, even the departments like mass communication, archaeology, and humanities among others are facing a severe students crunch. Only a handful of departments including those of management, pharmacy, physics, chemistry, botany and computer gets full strength of students.
The scenario is entirely different to what the campus was about a decade back when it used to remain abuzz with youths. Today, there remains an eerie calm on the premises with hardly any student activity witnessed, as per the university officials who are working there since years.
Senior university officials admit that the lesser number of students are approaching the campus but refuse to accept the argument that it was due to NU's failure to market its courses. "Every year we extend the admission dates. There's nothing new," newly appointed officiating pro-vice-chancellorArvind Chaudhari told TOI.
He, however, said that since many colleges has spruced up in all the cities coming under jurisdiction of the university, including the villages, students prefer to study near their native place.
Endorsing him, officiating registrar and controller of examination (COE) Debendranath Mishra said everybody wanted to study at their native places. "Who would like to come far away from the cities like Gadchiroli to study here when the same facilities are available there? Even parents want their wards to study at the place where they reside and they are even ready to pay high fees charged by the private colleges," he said.
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