The Nagpur University has recorded its lowest ever passing percentage in bachelor of engineering (BE) first year results in the recent past. This has exposed the failure of Maharashtra government's education policy of blindly granting permission to engineering colleges, without taking into consideration requirement of students and availability of lecturers.
A majority of these colleges belong to ministers and politicians, but they lack required infrastructure and facilities as recommended by AICTE. Only some reputed colleges like Ramdeobaba and Palloti have a good success ratio, and the even Government College in Chandrapur reported a poor passing percentage of 38.60%.
Academicians have attributed this deterioration in quality of education to mushrooming of colleges and severe shortage of qualified lecturers. The situation is more or less similar in other universities as well, but NU's case is very bad.
A total of 19,865 students appeared for the BE first year exam held in March-April, of which only 7,047 managed to clear it. The passing percentage comes to a poor 35%, which is 3% less than last year. However, as compared to 2009, the results witnessed a sharp drop of 18%.
Over the last couple of years, 40 new engineering colleges have opened in six districts coming under NU. This led to a jump in the number of engineering seats even as number of aspirants remained almost constant, and around 22,000 seats remained vacant in the state, some 6,000 in NU alone.
A majority of new colleges were finding it difficult to get qualified lecturers and all of them were surviving on contributory lecturers. In fact, many fresh graduates were recruited as lectures in the college from where they passed out, say academicians.
The students however blame NU for poor valuation. "After many years, the results came out within the 45-day norm. It's quite possible that the checking was done in haste. Even some subject toppers have failed in other subjects," Deeksha Tiwari lamented.
Another student Deepali Brahmankar felt that they were deprived of good quality teachers. "The paper pattern was completely different from what was taught in our college. Moreover, our session commenced as late as September, which led to increase in burden regarding assignments and worksheets," she said.
Some academicians however believe that teachers cannot be blamed for the slump. Former engineering dean Dinesh Agrawal said that the main reason was manifold increase in number of engineering seats. "Earlier, only very good students were admitted by the colleges on merit. The basic logical thinking required for pursuing engineering is missing nowadays. Moreover, brilliant brains prefer to study in premier institutions outside the university," he rued.
The principal of GH Raisoni said that though the pattern of the question paper had changed, students still stick to limited number of books and notes. "So, they are unable to attempt many of the questions," he said.
Senior academician Dr Ved Prakash Mishra said that the low results were an insufficient parameter for drawing conclusions. "Presently, many mediocre students are entering this profession, which is resulting in drop in passing percentage," he said.
A majority of these colleges belong to ministers and politicians, but they lack required infrastructure and facilities as recommended by AICTE. Only some reputed colleges like Ramdeobaba and Palloti have a good success ratio, and the even Government College in Chandrapur reported a poor passing percentage of 38.60%.
Academicians have attributed this deterioration in quality of education to mushrooming of colleges and severe shortage of qualified lecturers. The situation is more or less similar in other universities as well, but NU's case is very bad.
A total of 19,865 students appeared for the BE first year exam held in March-April, of which only 7,047 managed to clear it. The passing percentage comes to a poor 35%, which is 3% less than last year. However, as compared to 2009, the results witnessed a sharp drop of 18%.
Over the last couple of years, 40 new engineering colleges have opened in six districts coming under NU. This led to a jump in the number of engineering seats even as number of aspirants remained almost constant, and around 22,000 seats remained vacant in the state, some 6,000 in NU alone.
A majority of new colleges were finding it difficult to get qualified lecturers and all of them were surviving on contributory lecturers. In fact, many fresh graduates were recruited as lectures in the college from where they passed out, say academicians.
The students however blame NU for poor valuation. "After many years, the results came out within the 45-day norm. It's quite possible that the checking was done in haste. Even some subject toppers have failed in other subjects," Deeksha Tiwari lamented.
Another student Deepali Brahmankar felt that they were deprived of good quality teachers. "The paper pattern was completely different from what was taught in our college. Moreover, our session commenced as late as September, which led to increase in burden regarding assignments and worksheets," she said.
Some academicians however believe that teachers cannot be blamed for the slump. Former engineering dean Dinesh Agrawal said that the main reason was manifold increase in number of engineering seats. "Earlier, only very good students were admitted by the colleges on merit. The basic logical thinking required for pursuing engineering is missing nowadays. Moreover, brilliant brains prefer to study in premier institutions outside the university," he rued.
The principal of GH Raisoni said that though the pattern of the question paper had changed, students still stick to limited number of books and notes. "So, they are unable to attempt many of the questions," he said.
Senior academician Dr Ved Prakash Mishra said that the low results were an insufficient parameter for drawing conclusions. "Presently, many mediocre students are entering this profession, which is resulting in drop in passing percentage," he said.
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