<p class="title">University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), the most sought-after government institute through Common Entrance Test, has lost 10% of its seats due to a shortage of teachers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few months ago, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had communicated to the college about the 10% cut following the recommendation of the screening committee that cited the shortage of permanent teaching faculties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The regulator of technical education did not restore the 10% seats despite the institute submitting its appeal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The AICTE, on the other hand, had recently restored seats it sliced off at other government institutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vice-chancellor of Bangalore University Prof K R Venugopal said he would soon meet the AICTE chairperson on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We’ve filed an appeal before the council to restore the seats, as soon as we received the communication about the 10% reduction. We also submitted the necessary documents. Despite the request and appeal, there’s no communication from AICTE regarding restoring the seats,” Prof Venugopal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said the faculties at the college, compared to other institutions, are well-qualified though not permanent. “I’ll explain this to the AICTE chairman and will hope to get the seats restored,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Documents available with <span class="italic">DH</span> suggest that the shortage of qualified permanent staff is a major deficiency that prompted the screening committee to recommend the reduction of seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The reduction of 10% of seats at UVCE will hurt the students looking to get admission to the undergrad engineering courses through CET during 2019-20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seats at UVCE get almost filled at the first round of seat allotment and the institute is the only government-run college that competes with the private institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of the sanctioned teaching staff of around 175, UVCE currently has filled 91 positions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“For the past ten years, we’re managing with guest faculties and the guest faculties working with us are well-qualified and eligible as per the AICTE norms,” Venugopal explained.</p>
<p class="title">University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), the most sought-after government institute through Common Entrance Test, has lost 10% of its seats due to a shortage of teachers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few months ago, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had communicated to the college about the 10% cut following the recommendation of the screening committee that cited the shortage of permanent teaching faculties.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The regulator of technical education did not restore the 10% seats despite the institute submitting its appeal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The AICTE, on the other hand, had recently restored seats it sliced off at other government institutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The vice-chancellor of Bangalore University Prof K R Venugopal said he would soon meet the AICTE chairperson on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“We’ve filed an appeal before the council to restore the seats, as soon as we received the communication about the 10% reduction. We also submitted the necessary documents. Despite the request and appeal, there’s no communication from AICTE regarding restoring the seats,” Prof Venugopal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said the faculties at the college, compared to other institutions, are well-qualified though not permanent. “I’ll explain this to the AICTE chairman and will hope to get the seats restored,” he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Documents available with <span class="italic">DH</span> suggest that the shortage of qualified permanent staff is a major deficiency that prompted the screening committee to recommend the reduction of seats.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The reduction of 10% of seats at UVCE will hurt the students looking to get admission to the undergrad engineering courses through CET during 2019-20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seats at UVCE get almost filled at the first round of seat allotment and the institute is the only government-run college that competes with the private institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Out of the sanctioned teaching staff of around 175, UVCE currently has filled 91 positions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“For the past ten years, we’re managing with guest faculties and the guest faculties working with us are well-qualified and eligible as per the AICTE norms,” Venugopal explained.</p>