Colleges unable to cope with rush

PESHAWAR: Owing to less number of government colleges coupled with limited number of seats in them across the province, the future of thousands of students intending to take admission to intermediate is at stake.
As a result, more than 1,50,000 boy and girl students including A-grade students are compelled to take admission to private institutes.
It merits a mention here that more than 3,00,000 students appeared in the last Matric examinations held under all the eight boards of the province in which 2,00,000 students were declared successful.
The ratio of students appearing in the Matric exams is increasing rapidly every year as 2,00,000 students out of 3,00,000 had also passed the last year examinations.
The uncertain situation for the students is exacerbating with the passage of time as nearly 122 government colleges of the province have failed to accommodate a large number of students annually forcing the students to make their way to substandard private colleges.
As per statistics, there are 122 colleges in the province out of which 82 are for boys and 40 for girls.
The number of colleges in public sector in various districts of the province is as Peshawar: five colleges for boys while four colleges for girls, Charsadda: two for boys, two for girls, Nowshera: Four for boys, three for girls, Mardan: Nine for boys, five for girls, Swabi: Seven for boys, 4 for girls, Malakand: Five for boys, three for girls, Swat: Five for boys, four for girls, Shangla: Three for boys, Buner: Three for boys, one for girls, Upper Dir: One for boys, one for girls, Lower Dir: Three for boys, one for girls, Chitral: Two for boys, one for girls, Kohat: Three for boys, one for girls, Hangu: Two for boys, two for girls, Karak: Five for boys, one for girls, Bannu: Five for boys, three for girls, Lakki Marwat: Five for boys, one for girls, DI Khan: Six for boys, two for girls, Abbottabad: Four for boys, four for girls, Mansehra: Four for boys, two for girls, Battagram:
One for boys, one for girls, Kohistan: One college for boys while no college for girls.
Consequently, estimated 20,000 to 25,000 students every year are left with no other option but to take admission to the unregistered colleges of the province.