AdvertisingIn a notification sent to all government PU colleges, DPUE Director C. Shikha has directed college principals to be creative in organising special admission drives. Poor enrolment ratios in government PU colleges in Karnataka have been pointed out by several stakeholders in the past as well. At present, Karnataka is home to 5,207 PU colleges across the State, of which only 1,229 are government-run. Incidentally, the number of private PU colleges is more than double the same of government colleges – 3,199. At the same time, there are 779 government-aided PU colleges in the state.

Source: Indian Express May 14, 2019 11:33 UTC