“Out of the total 12,000-odd faculty members associated with different colleges affiliated to UPTU, around 11,000 teachers are not as per the desired standards. They lack communicative and interactive teaching skills. One-way communication is the norm in their classes and students do not get an opportunity to allay their doubts,” said Vrat. He was speaking at a faculty development programme organised by Tata Consultancy Services in Lucknow on Saturday.

Expressing concern on the quality of education being imparted by UPTU-affiliated government and private colleges, the V-C said: “We need to undertake faculty development programmes for our teachers. This would help in keeping teachers up-to-date and make their lectures interesting and interactive.” He added that teachers should aim for inspiring, involving and transforming students.

Lamenting over the mushrooming number of private technical educational institutes, Vrat said: “Such colleges resemble five-star hotels from the outside, but in terms of education, they offer nothing substantial to students.”

He said technical education teachers should be given attractive incentives and salaries. “Nowadays, industries offer ten times the salary given in educational institutions. As result, we are not able to retain quality teachers. Taking this into account, we need to offer higher salary and allowances to the teachers,” said the V-C.