Mysore/Mysuru, June 30 -- Students of the century-old University of Mysore (UoM) are now being forced to attend classes seated in corridors, owing to a severe shortage of functional classrooms and growing administrative lapses.

Already burdened by challenges in delivering quality education, the University now faces a fresh setback. In what echoes the Kannada proverb, "In a quarrel between husband and wife, it is the child who suffers," students have become the unintended victims of poor coordination between faculty and administrative staff, deprived of even basic classroom access and forced to learn outside the formal academic setting.

The University, long grappling with a faculty shortage, has been relying heavily on guest lecturers. B...