Academic activities at Lakshmipur Government Women Degree College are being hampered severely due to a lack of adequate number of teachers, office staff and classrooms.
There are total 31 posts for teachers, including the posts of principal and vice-principal at the college. Of the posts, 14 have remained vacant for long time, according to sources in the college.
Meanwhile, some five posts of office assistants, including the posts of third and fourth class employees, have also remained vacant. There are total 14 posts for office assistants at the college, the sources said.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, many teachers said mainly par-time teachers are taking classes at most of the departments, including Bangla, English, sociology, economics, political science, philosophy, mathematics, management, islamic history.
Two posts in management department, three in political science department, and three posts in accounting department have remained vacant for many years. One post each in Bangla, English, economics, sociology, islamic history and mathematics departments has also remained vacant.
On condition of anonymity, a teacher said most of the newly appointed teachers do not want to stay as there is not scope to get promotion at the college.
There is no post for assistant professors and associate professors at the college, he said.
So most of the lectures try to leave the college right after getting appointment. And the posts remain vacant until recruitment of new teachers, he added.
According to sources in the college, there are 697 students in humanities, 541 in business, 49 in science faculties in the college.
Moreover, there are there 406 students in different academic years in bachelor of social science and bachelor of business studies departments.
A female student of the college said she has to waste her times as most of the days no class is taken place at her department due to lack of teachers.
“I just come to college and go back to home without attending any class,” she said.
Abdur Rahman, a guardian of a female student, said: “I admitted my daughter to the government college expecting that she could get proper education.” “Its really a matter regret that no class is taking place due to lack of teachers.”
Md Abdus Salam, a teacher at Bangla department, said they are taking classes a their department with the help of part time teachers.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune Safiqul Ameen Khan, vice-principal of the college, admitted that academic activities are being hampered at different departments due lack of teachers.
He said they have informed the matter to the education ministry. The college was nationalised in 1997.
