Arts and science colleges in Coimbatore district staring at continuous decline in PG admissions
Arts and science colleges in Coimbatore are experiencing a steady decline in postgraduate admissions as students increasingly prioritize immediate employment after graduation. This trend affects both private and government institutions across various disciplines.
Why it matters
The shift in student behavior toward early workforce entry reflects broader economic pressures and changing perceptions of the value of advanced academic degrees.
Arts and Science colleges in the region are apparently having their fingers crossed as the admissions for PG programmes, particularly M.Sc. Mathematics, Physics, Zoology/Botany and Chemistry, are on continuous decline every passing year.
Colleges in the rural parts where even UG seats are not filled entirely are the most affected, according to college heads.
The preference of students to take up jobs after their UG degrees is the major reason for the decline in PG admissions, a principal of a self-financing arts and science college said.
Barring specific programmes such as MBA, M.Com, M.Sc. Information Technology and M.Sc. Computer Science, filling seats in the rest of the PG programmes is turning out to be a tough task, the college head observed.
The trend seems to be the same in government arts and science colleges as well, despite the fee structure being much lesser.
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