LUCKNOW, April 8 -- Dearth of students at 10 out of 216 UP government-run degree colleges has raised concerns over the quality of teaching, planning, feasibility and accessibility to higher education even as officials concerned say these institutions were set up in recent years and that the issue will be resolved soon.

Some of these colleges have not even 20 students and the figure is less than 50 in all of them. For instance, Government Degree College in Haripur, Nihastha, Rae Bareli, located just 2 km off the Kanpur-Rae Bareli highway and adjacent to the Ganga Expressway has all the features to be an ideal institution. The three-storey building has smart classrooms, laboratories, a seminar hall, a library, and a 39-bed women's hostel w...