Lucknow, May 5 -- About a decade back, aided colleges which used to bustle with students are now waiting to sell even the equivalent number of forms as the regular seats on some courses. With changes in the education scenario and setting up of various private colleges and universities, these aided colleges, despite having good human resources, are faced with the problem of fewer admissions.

In most colleges, over 20-30% of the total number of seats were left vacant in the academic session 2023-24, shared an office-bearer of Lucknow University Associated Colleges Association (LUACTA).

Sharing the data, the office-bearer said that of the total 1,075 regular seats in BA at Karamat Husain Muslim Girls PG College, only 500 could be filled, w...