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Hostels for boys and girls with ample accommodation capableness are a dire request successful the Government Arts College, Coimbatore, since astir of the students beryllium to different districts, according to elder faculty.
The existing hostels that person a capableness to accommodate lone a fewer hundreds of students are acold insufficient to conscionable the demands of the bulk of UG and PG students who find themselves successful a compulsive concern of depending connected backstage accommodations astatine precocious expenditure to prolong their studies, it is learnt.
The assemblage is the astir sought-after among authorities arts and subject colleges successful the State since the students from crossed the State judge they could get placements successful the industrialised region, a assemblage caput said.
For the 2025-26 session, determination were 6,514 applicants for 557 seats successful the 20 PG programmes.
As for the 23 UG programmes offered successful 2 shifts, the full intake is 1,961, inclusive of the 20% summation successful intake effected this year.
Altogether, the assemblage has implicit 5,200 students successful UG programmes, and much than 1,200 successful PG programmes.
At slightest 70% of the students are from different districts, according to the faculty.
A bulk of the students are successful a presumption to avail themselves of the inferior of the hostels tally by authorities departments.
The Backward Classes Welfare Department runs Government College Boys Hostels astatine Perur, Singanallur, Kavundampalayam, Vellakinar, Pollachi, Nayakanpalayam, MBC Government Boys Hostel astatine Perur, and MBC Govt. Boys Hostel astatine Kottur successful Anamalai taluk.
For girls, the Government Girls Hostels successful Coimbatore and Masakkalipalayam are tally by BC Welfare Department and Minorities Welfare Department respectively.
As such, determination is nary connection for operation of caller hostels connected a ample scale.. The instauration has reached retired to MLAs and MPs to amended the hostel facilities utilising their constituency improvement funds, sources added.
