UNB, Sunamganj :
Sunamganj Govt Women’s College has been facing an acute shortage of teachers, hampering the academic activities greatly.
The only women’s degree college located in Badhanpara area in the district town is running with only 10 teachers including its principal. Out of 14 subjects, there are no permanent teachers of five subjects-Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Philosophy and Political Science-while the classes of Information and Computer Technology (ICT) are being taken by the teachers of other subjects. Due to absence of permanent teachers, part-time teachers are taking the classes, hampering the academic results.
In this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, only 564 examinees out of 739 have passed while 58 examinees among 89 from science group failed. And none of the successful students secured GPA 5, the highest grade point average.
While talking to teachers, they said a degree college should have one associate professor, one assistant professor and two lecturers for per subject and that means the college needs 56 teachers for 14 subjects.
However, the college has only 10 teachers and there is no post of vice-principal, the teachers alleged.
Students alleged that they have been suffering much as classes have not being held regularly due to the shortage of teachers. Several students of science group said they are the worst sufferers of teachers’ crisis. And as a result, they are not cutting a good figure in the exams.
Contacted, Md Shadat Hossain, assistant professor of Geography and Environment department, said after the nationalisation, the college authorities submitted an application to the Education Ministry to create new posts for 63 teachers and staffs, but any positive reply is yet to come in this regard from the government.
“It is now almost impossible to manage regular classes for some 4,000 students of the college with only 10 teachers,” he added.
Parag Kanti Dey, the principal of the college, said, “We have informed the shortage of teachers to the Education Ministry. But they paid no heed to the problem despite making regular contact to the authorities concerned.”
Sunamganj Govt Women’s College has been facing an acute shortage of teachers, hampering the academic activities greatly.
The only women’s degree college located in Badhanpara area in the district town is running with only 10 teachers including its principal. Out of 14 subjects, there are no permanent teachers of five subjects-Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Philosophy and Political Science-while the classes of Information and Computer Technology (ICT) are being taken by the teachers of other subjects. Due to absence of permanent teachers, part-time teachers are taking the classes, hampering the academic results.
In this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination, only 564 examinees out of 739 have passed while 58 examinees among 89 from science group failed. And none of the successful students secured GPA 5, the highest grade point average.
While talking to teachers, they said a degree college should have one associate professor, one assistant professor and two lecturers for per subject and that means the college needs 56 teachers for 14 subjects.
However, the college has only 10 teachers and there is no post of vice-principal, the teachers alleged.
Students alleged that they have been suffering much as classes have not being held regularly due to the shortage of teachers. Several students of science group said they are the worst sufferers of teachers’ crisis. And as a result, they are not cutting a good figure in the exams.
Contacted, Md Shadat Hossain, assistant professor of Geography and Environment department, said after the nationalisation, the college authorities submitted an application to the Education Ministry to create new posts for 63 teachers and staffs, but any positive reply is yet to come in this regard from the government.
“It is now almost impossible to manage regular classes for some 4,000 students of the college with only 10 teachers,” he added.
Parag Kanti Dey, the principal of the college, said, “We have informed the shortage of teachers to the Education Ministry. But they paid no heed to the problem despite making regular contact to the authorities concerned.”
