bhubaneswar around 250 of the total 317 selffinanced junior colleges offering plus ii science in the state dont have proper laboratories an inspection report of the council of higher secondary education chse said sri maa aurobindo college chinchalgadia mayurbhanj fiit jee college unit3 bhubaneswar rp 2 science college bidharpur cuttack kalayani junior college kanishi ganjam and beenapani junior science college berhampur dont have laboratories at all the chse uploaded the report on its website on monday inviting responses from these colleges the lacunae in most selffinanced colleges are more or less the same these are functioning from rented premises and ignoring needs of laboratories classrooms are small and botany and zoology departments managed by a single teacher physical education teacher pet too is not appointed chse chairman basudev chhatoi said the report was prepared following a direction from the higher education department last academic year we have highlighted our findings against each of these colleges after getting their responses we will prepare a final report and submit it to the government he said higher education minister pradeep panigrahy said the colleges will be given some time to comply departmental proceedings will be initiated against those failing to meet the basic minimum requirements the minister said educationists questioned how these colleges managed to get the government approval in the first place the government is required to inspect the available manpower and infrastructure before giving the goahead these colleges got the nod despite not meeting the required eligibility norms said pritish acharya a professor at regional institute of education here he said the chse findings show the colleges were ignoring practical classes students and parents too are interested only in the final score on the mark sheets he added