Imphal, July 09: The authority of Manipur University has mooted cancelling the affiliation of 8 Government colleges and 12 private colleges which do not conform to the UGC norms of students enrolment and only allow them to open undergraduate courses.

Disclosing this to The Sangai Express, a reliable source said the University has taken up this step as the enrolment of students in these colleges has been very low in the academic session 2007-08 .

As per the UGC norms there should be atleast 250 students in a degree college and not less than 150 students in case of a women college and not less than 100 students if the college is located in backward/rural/border areas, the source pointed out.

The authority of the University has also written to the governing bodies of all these Government and Private colleges to improve the student enrolment in the academic session 2008-09 .

The University authority has also made it clear that it would visit these colleges to verify after the end of the academic session and if any of the colleges were still found falling short of the UGC norms, then their affiliation to the University would be cancelled and they would be allowed to open undergraduate courses only.

The 8 Government colleges which the University has decided to cancel the affiliation on the ground of not fulfilling the UGC norms on the number of student enrolment are NG College, Ideal Girls College, MB College, CI College, Nambol L Sanoi College, YK College, Kha-Manipur College and Hill College, Tadubi.

Interestingly, all these colleges have been granted accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

It is said that there are only 102 students in NG College which has 29 regular and 10 part-time teachers, just 25 students in Ideal Girls' College having 20 regular and 20 part-time teachers, 101 students in MB College having 30 regular and 11 part-time teachers, 85 students in CI College having 23 regular and 28 part-time teachers, 55 students in Nambol L Sanoi College having 33 regular and 17 part-time lecturers, 56 students in YK College having 26 regular and 10 part-time teachers, 83 students in Kha-Manipur College having 30 regular and 26 part-time teachers and 86 students in Hill College having 10 regular and 7 part-time teachers.

Out of these eight Government colleges, with the exception of NG College, Ideal Girls' College, MB College and Hill College, the rest offer BA and BSc courses.

The 12 private colleges which are falling short of the UGC norms in terms of student enrolment are Kumbi College, TS Paul Manipur Women's College, Western College, Shree Shree Gourogovind Girls' College, Kamakhya Pemton College, Canchipur College, Yairipok Universal College, Rayburn College, Kakching College, Pole Star College, Ching-Tam College and Pamyal Art and Science College.

In Kumbi College, there are in all 43 teachers for the 56 students enrolled in undergraduate and 30 in graduate courses.

In TS Paul Manipur Women's College, there are 41 teachers though the total number of students enrolled is only 79 in undergraduate and 23 in graduate courses.

In Western College, there are in all 48 teachers though the number of students is 8 in undergraduate and 20 in graduate courses.

In Shree Shree Gouro-govind Girls' College, there are 45 teachers for the 9 students enrolled in undergraduate courses and 26 others in graduate courses.

In Kamkhya Pemton College which has a total of 54 teachers, the number of students enrolled in undergraduate course is 30 and 41 in graduate courses.

In Canchipur College, there are in all 40 teachers for the 2 students in undergraduate and 14 students in graduate courses admitted in the college.

Although the exact figure of the teachers employed in Rayburn College could not be confirmed, 1429 students are said to be enrolled in undergraduate courses and 29 in graduate courses.

In Kakching College, there are all 39 teachers but no students have been enrolled.

In Pole Star College, there are 50 teachers but only 5 students in undergraduate courses and no student in graduate courses.

The data related to the number of teachers employed and students enrolled in Ching-Tam College and Pamyal Art and Science College could not be received.

It may be noted here that the State Government has been considering the option of converting the Government colleges where the student enrolment is low as professional (vocational) colleges.

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