2 pharma colleges in Gujarat want to shut down
Ahmedabad Mirror reports the fate of technical education in Gujarat.
Two MBA institutes and two pharmacy colleges offering degree courses have applied for shutting down. Three MBA schools and a pharmacy college have applied for reduction in seats, citing less than adequate number of students. "None of the applications is from institutes in Ahmedabad. The colleges that have sent us applications are mostly from rural areas like Modasa, Matar, Mehsana and Kutch, to mention a few. Students do not opt for colleges in remote areas as many do not have adequate infrastructure, teachers and other facilities," said an official at GTU requesting anonymity.
Despite housing 40 per cent of pharmaceutical industries from India, students clearing BPharm and MPharm do not find lucrative jobs. Head of the department at LJ Institute of Pharmacy, Sheeraj Shah, said that the location of the institute also plays a crucial role. "Institutes in big cities will not find problem in getting students. Institutes in rural areas find very few takers.
These institutes do not get good teachers as most teachers would not like to shift from big cities to semiurban or rural areas," Shah said. He also attributed the downward trend in pharmacy to a dull job market. He said, on an average, a degree course student gets a salary package of Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000 per annum. After post-graduation, they are offered Rs 1.2 lakh to Rs 2 lakh per year. With AICTE extending the course closure application deadline to February 27, more applications are likely, said GTU officials.
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