Dear friends,
To some extent the facts and fear at true. Generally Govt.colleges are lacking in core areas, ofcourse there are exceptions where they score over their counterparts in pvt.colleges. Even now we see seats in govt. prof.colleges get filled up first in CETs. Still IIScs, IITs, RECs(NIIT) and many such govt.colleges, almost all govt.medical colleges runs full house with no vacancies. I have not come across seats in govt.colleges remain unfilled, excepting few seats in arts stream. Why, true that fees are minimal and faculties are eminent. But I have to confess from the point of view of "campus placements" they are very much behind. I don't incline to believe "funds" theory. To some extent it should be lack of enthusiasm among the faculty-in-charge of Placement & Vocational training Divn. This is only because they don't need to bother about ranking & reputation of their colleges in the ladder, no accountability, no incentives, no liability attached to their position, job guarantee and so on. As and when these aspects are answered govt.colleges will also be challengers. But in saying so, the products are no inferior to their peers. For e.g. take me, a student of a govt.college set up in a rural hilly area, away from the town by 15 kms. We used to go by cycles and a few by foot. We did under went frequent cancellation of classes, incomplete syllabus, strikes now and then, name sake projects etc. But still we could excel in talents, faced the challenges boldly, stood among the firsts in job markets, of course those were the days. Whatever said and done there should be combined efforts from both student community and faculties. Apart from this there also govt. policies and procedures which should encourage talents from govt.colleges, accountability and responsibility, education audit should be imposed, infrastructure via pvt.participation should also be improved in govt. colleges. May be by in another 25-35 yrs. if they have will they could achieve better placements.