About the College
Government PU Arts College, Tengli was established in 1983 to bring pre-university education within travelling distance of the villages of Aurad taluk. Before it opened, a student from Tengli who wanted to finish PUC went to Bidar — an hour and a half each way, on a bus that did not always come. Most did not go.
The college is run by the Department of Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka. It teaches the Arts stream in Kannada and English medium, and it charges what a government college charges, which for most of our students is nothing at all.
What we teach
I PUC and II PUC in the Arts stream, following the Karnataka State syllabus. Students choose one of three combinations at admission; the languages are taken alongside.
- HEPS — History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology
- HEPK — History, Economics, Political Science, Optional Kannada
- HSPE — History, Sociology, Political Science, Economics
Languages: Kannada, English, and Hindi or Urdu as the second language.
The campus
The college sits on four acres on the Aurad road at the edge of the village. There are twelve classrooms in two blocks, a library of about 8,400 volumes, a computer room with twenty machines and a broadband line, a separate reading room for girls, and a playground large enough for kabaddi, kho-kho and volleyball. Drinking water and separate toilets for boys and girls are on both blocks.
There is no hostel. Students from Chintaki, Dongapur, Ekamba and the smaller hamlets travel daily; the college timetable is built around the bus timings rather than the other way round.
Our results
In the 2025–26 Karnataka Second PUC examination, 78 of our 94 candidates passed, a pass percentage of 83.0 — the college's best in eleven years, and above the district average for government PU colleges. Nineteen students took distinction. Our topper, Shridevi Biradar, scored 561 out of 600.
What we are working on
Three things, honestly stated. Girls' enrolment is 46 per cent and we would like it above half. Attendance drops in October and again in March, when families need hands in the fields, and we are trying to teach around it rather than complain about it. And we are two lecturers short of sanctioned strength in Economics and Sociology — guest lecturers are covering both.