bareilly there are few takers for a majority of the diploma courses being offered at bareilly college this time now officials feel that in view of the few admission seekers for most diploma courses some may have to be scrapped the college offers 10 diploma courses for which at least 10 students must enroll to start a course among the diploma courses available at bareilly college are pg diploma in professional biotechnology pg diploma in environmental management pg diploma in mass communication journalism and media technology pg diploma in computer application pg diploma in modern arabics diploma in photography art diploma in textile printing diploma in interior designing diploma in fashion designing and diploma in sculpture however four diploma courses in environmental management modern arabic textile printing and sculpture have not been able to start for the past two years as these courses failed to get a minimum of 10 students to opt for them though the last date of submitting offline admission forms for diploma courses is july 30 the college has been able to sell only 60 forms for 10 diploma courses till now most of the forms which have been sold are for computer application photography art and mass communication journalism and media technology the remaining courses have received a cold response it appears that most of the courses will again be not able to run here said an official of the college a faculty member of the college said instead of regular courses of ba bcom and bsc students now prefer to pursue professional courses however the situation is totally different at bareilly college where college is unable to start courses due to lack of interest college authorities should take steps to make these courses more popular and provide more placement and training opportunities admission incharge and dean students welfare praveen agarwal said as there is lack of awareness among candidates on our diploma courses we receive less number of applicants however selffinanced colleges publicise the courses in a better manner all the diploma courses are for a period of one year the eligibility for postgraduate diploma courses is graduation with minimum 45 marks while intermediate students can seek admission in diploma courses the admission is granted on merit basis