Lucknow, April 9 -- : Amid a controversy over poor enrolment in Uttar Pradesh's government and aided degree colleges, BL Sharma, the director of higher education, conducted a surprise inspection at Government College, Latifnagar, Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, on Wednesday. The findings were alarming: no students (male or female) were present at the college during the inspection which began at 10.25am, despite the scheduled reporting time for students being 10am.

At the time of the inspection, only an (asst professor (commerce) and three outsourced employees were present at the college; no other teaching or non-teaching staff members were there, according to Sharma's report submitted to senior officials. HT has accessed the report.

At 10.50am...