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Even arsenic the contented of surplus lecturer posts successful authorities PU colleges remains unresolved — with lecturers expressing interest implicit the determination without archetypal addressing the student–lecturer ratio — the substance was raised successful the Legislative Council connected Monday, aft lecturers from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and different districts petitioned MLCs from the teachers’ constituencies to instrumentality it up.
Acting connected these petitions, K. Vivekananda, MLC (South Teachers’ Constituency), raised concerns successful the Council implicit the precocious student–lecturer ratio successful the State’s PU colleges, pointing retired that it is acold supra the norms followed by the CBSE.
Mr. Vivekananda, who had precocious met surplus PU lecturers successful Mysuru and received a memorandum from them, said that portion the CBSE prescribes a student–teacher ratio of 35:1, the ratio successful PU colleges successful the State is importantly higher — astir 320:1 successful the Arts watercourse and astir 180:1 successful the Science stream. He questioned whether specified a wide spread was justified erstwhile the State had adopted definite aspects of the CBSE exemplary successful the PU acquisition system.
The MLC besides sought details connected the criteria being followed by the authorities to place surplus lecturer posts successful PU colleges and asked whether the student–lecturer ratio was being taken into information portion doing so. He besides wanted to cognize if the authorities had immoderate connection to revise the ratio.
Mr. Vivekananda urged the authorities to instrumentality steps regarding surplus lecturers aft the admittance process for the 2026–27 world twelvemonth is completed, noting that improved SSLC results this twelvemonth could pb to higher enrolment successful PU colleges.
Responding to the question, School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said that surplus lecturer posts are being identified successful colleges wherever determination are nary admissions oregon wherever the workload is low.
“There is presently nary connection to trim the student–lecturer ratio successful enactment with the CBSE model. However, the contented volition beryllium discussed with legislators representing the Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies earlier taking an due decision,” helium added.
