  Physics community is generally concerned about the decrease in Physics
enrollment. Due to the deficiency of specially qualified Physics teachers, high
school Physics is sometimes taught by general science teachers who may not be
trained to motivate students to study Physics. These students will neither be
inclined to register into Physics courses nor plan to teach Physics. They will
be unable to find out the relevance of Physics with daily life, its application
in different disciplines and even the job market. In this situation, we have to
carefully make the existing Physics programs more attractive, instead of
closing them down. We discuss teaching methodology and course requirements that
will help to make Physics programs more attractive and preferable for incoming
students. However, we emphasize to set our goals and plan to increase
enrollment in parallel steps such as proper information about the program, help
in developing a required mathematics background, offering scholarships,
teaching assistantship or internships and involving them in research. Also we
need to make Physics programs more interesting with the interdisciplinary
courses and other electives which students may like. We will have to work on
the retention rate to maintain enrollment without compromising on standards.
However, we still have to develop a complete understanding of the problem and
keep looking for a better solution.

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