Srinagar, Sep 29: The Jammu and Kashmir government has no proposal under consideration to introduce new courses or streams at Government Polytechnic College, Shopian, the Legislative Assembly was informed on Tuesday.
The institute currently offers three courses — Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering and Civil Engineering.
The information was provided by Deputy Chief Minister and Minister-in-Charge of Skill Development in response to a question raised by Zainapora MLA Showkat Hussain Ganie, who sought details about the courses offered, teaching staff strength and plans for introducing new courses at the institution.
According to the government’s reply, the Electronics and Communication Engineering department has three sanctioned teaching posts — Head of Department, Lecturer-I and Demonstrator. While the Lecturer-I post is filled, the posts of Head of Department and Demonstrator remain vacant. Three academic arrangements have been engaged to meet the department’s teaching requirements.
For Civil Engineering, the government said no regular teaching posts have been created. Guest faculty have been engaged on a sessional basis to meet the teaching requirements.
Similarly, no teaching posts have been created for Computer Engineering, with guest faculty engaged on a sessional basis to manage the academic workload.
Despite the vacancies and absence of sanctioned teaching posts in two departments, the government said there was currently no shortage of teaching staff at the institute.
The government also clarified that no proposal to introduce additional courses or streams at Government Polytechnic College, Shopian, was currently under consideration or in process.
The response comes amid demands for expanding technical and vocational education opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir , where polytechnic institutions provide diploma-level training in engineering and other technical disciplines.
However, the government’s reply did not indicate any immediate plans to expand the institute’s academic offerings or create additional regular teaching posts in the departments concerned.
It also did not provide a timeline for introducing new courses, leaving the existing three-course structure unchanged for the time being.
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