126 govt colleges in Punjab with low admission rate to be outsourced
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Lists of 126 government colleges in Punjab with low admission rate have been prepared which will be outsourced, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.
According to report, preparations have been completed to outsource 50 general cadre and 76 commerce colleges.
Colleges with low enrollment have been included in the outsourcing list.
Department of Higher Education has started work on outsourcing colleges.
However, teachers strongly opposed the decision to outsource colleges saying outsourcing will weaken the government education system.
They said more than 10,000 government schools are already being outsourced.
Reporter: Imran Younas