It might be empty classrooms in many ayurveda colleges across the state this academic year. For, the central government has denied 20 colleges the permission to admit students for academic year 2012-13.
These colleges failed to meet requirements like qualified faculty, at least one teacher in each department and hospital facilities.
Karnataka has the dubious distinction of having the maximum number of ayurveda colleges being denied permission for admission. There are 58 ayurveda colleges in the state, 57 of which are under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).
The prescribed norms also include parameters like the number of beds, out-patient department (OPD) attendance and in-patient department (IPD) bed occupancy.
"We haven't received any intimation yet on denial of permission for admission. The UG admission in these colleges doesn't come under our purview. As far as PG courses are concerned, we take admission only after the seat matrix is released by the Ayush directorate, which is still awaited," said D Prem Kumar, registrar, RGUHS.
Experts said denial of permission is nothing new and things will be back to normal. "Karnataka's oldest college, Government Ayurveda College in Mysore, too, was denied permission a couple of years ago. But when even MBBS private colleges have less staff and other facilities, why are only ayurveda colleges being singled out? Inability to meet basic parameters is the ugly truth in many colleges. The staff shortage can be attributed to the phenomenal growth of the education sector in the last few years," said KI Vasu, founder president, Vijnana Bharati, an organization promoting ayurveda.
"These colleges should be allowed to run. Let the strength of students swell and they will get the staff sooner or later," he added.
"Every year the government denies admission permission for many colleges and these colleges manage to escape. Denial of permission on the grounds of not meeting basic parameters is good and welcome, but the government should not be so lenient," JSD Pani, president, Karnataka India Medicine Manufacturers Association.
Source:TNN
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