11 new evening colleges to come up in Karnataka to manage the sudden surge in demand for seats

Bengaluru: In order to cater to the surge in demand for seats,  the state government has decided to start 11 new evening colleges in the state.

The first-Grade evening colleges under the Sandhya Shakti scheme will come up at the existing government degree colleges of the state. The government First-grade college at Car Street in Mangaluru is one such college.

There is a surge in the demand for seats for undergraduate courses following the promotion of all II PU students to the next class this year leading to more students getting eligibility to join undergraduate courses.

The department of higher education has directed the college management to offer courses that are job-oriented. At present, the courses available are only BCom and BCA.

Each college will get one principal, seven teaching, two non-teaching staff, besides three Group ‘D’ employees.

The evening colleges will be established at 11 city corporation limits in Bengaluru, Belagavi, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Davangere, Dharwad, Vijayapura, Mangaluru, Kalaburagi and Ballari.