DHARWAD: Though Dharwad has slipped to 22nd position from last year’s 18th in II PU results, which were announced on Monday, the district’s
pass percentage has increased considerably.
The district which had registered a passing percentage of 55.73 in 2017 has now recorded 63.67 percent.
District-wise ranks are relative and absolute number of candidates passing the examination is the real tool to assess the performance. The performance of the district should be compared to its previous year’s figures while making an assessment, said educationist S H Neglur.
As expected, girls have outsmarted boys in this year exam too. The pass percentage in arts, commerce and scince streams are 47.27, 59.53 and 75.28 respectively.
Two students of Chetan PU College of Hubballi, Prateek Aital (592) and Chaitanya Shetty (591) have stood fifth and sixth to the state. Siddangouda Patil (590) of Smt Vidya P Hanchinmani PU College, Dharwad has secured the seventh rank.
‘Stringent rules affecting teacher recruitment’
If the performance of students in north Karnataka is not up to mark, the government and the department of PU Education has to be blamed for it. Unlike in South Karnataka, to a large extent the education sector is catered to by private managements in North Karnataka.
The aided private PU colleges here are suffering due to shortage of teaching staff and the apathy of the PUE department in allowing colleges to fill up vacant posts. “Stringent rules enforced by the department make recruitment of teachers very difficult. In rural areas you cannot expect the students’ strength according to the stipulations of the department. The PUE department, citing lack of workload, is not permitting recruitment of teachers under grant-in-aid and we have to manage with temporary staff paying them meager salaries. It is affecting the quality of teaching,” said the chairman of a private aided educational institution.
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