The Nitish regime has cleared the decks for establishing private varsities with the passing of the Bihar Private University Bill, 2013, by the Legislative Assembly.
The bill on private universities is to facilitate setting up of three new private universities in the state. These are Lakulish Yoga University at Ahmedabad, Team Lease Skills University-ITI at Tarsali in Vadodara and CU Shah University at Wadhwan in Surendranagar.
The private university Act was enacted in 2007 to reduce the burden on state universities, but only 11 private universities could start ever since. The outcome is rising number of students continue to put a strain on government universities.
While there has been no official communication from the government on reopening of colleges under its administration, many private engineering colleges in and around the city have asked their students to get back to classes on Monday after close to a month’s closure owing to the anti-Sri Lanka protests.
Releasing land bought for setting up private universities in Himachal Pradesh just got tougher with the state assembly today passing a law increasing the time frame from 25 to 40 years for permitting any land use change should an institution fail to function during the period.
Bihar State Private University Bill 2013 was passed on Tuesday by voice vote in the state assembly, clearing the deck for setting up of private universities and related institutions of higher learning in the state.
Among those seeking their help are private universities such as Amity University and NIIT University, school chains such as Indus World school, and education solution companies. The education sector has hitherto relied on word-of-mouth publicity to hire people.
In clear violation of the Supreme Court of India's orders and audacious contempt of law, five reputed colleges have been caught in the middle of the rot in the country's medical education system. A CNN-IBN sting operation covering three states has exposed how private medical and dental colleges are illegally selling post graduate seats to the highest bidders.
To improve treatment for tuberculosis, the Department of Health and Family Welfare is collaborating with private hospitals and private medical colleges in the State.
Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) has an outstanding amount of Rs 4 crore on 20 private engineering colleges on account of development fees yet to be paid by them for the last five years despite repeated reminders. The university has now decided to tighten the noose on defaulters while sending them final notices informing to stop affiliation of major defaulters and to deduct number of seats of minor defaulters.
Uncertainty continues over the method of admission for MBBS and BDS courses in private medical colleges as they have advertised to conduct their own entrance tests. Things will depend on the Supreme Court verdict on whether the colleges will draw students from National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) or from their own entrance exam.
Engineering aspirants' wait for clarity on fee structure in private colleges for various courses just got longer. The deadline set by the higher education minister to finalize fee of private engineering colleges under CET expired on Wednesday with the department of higher education remaining silent.
The non-aided D Ed colleges' management association has alleged that the recent move of issuing show-cause notices for compliance to the colleges was part of an official conspiracy to close down all non-aided private colleges imparting diploma courses in teaching.
As many as 150 students of three private colleges, studying bachelor of dental studies (BDS), knocked the doors of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya ( DAVV), blaming the authorities for poor results and assessment in internal examination here recently.
A senior functionary of N M Institute of Engineering and Technology (NMIET) was arrested here on Tuesday, a day after a girl of the private institute allegedly committed suicide following allegation of harassment over non-payment of dues.
Clearing the decks for private institutions to enter the field of higher education in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved model guidelines for opening private varsities.
The state government on Wednesday withdrew its earlier bill on self-financed private universities to include 50% caste-based reservation. The bill was passed in the assembly in August 2011, but the governor had refused to sign it into law in the absence of the reservation clause. The amended bill is expected to be approved in the ongoing or monsoon session.
Decks have been cleared for private institutions to enter the field of higher education in Bihar with the state assembly passing the Bihar Private Universities Bill, 2013 on Tuesday.
Bihar State Private University Bill 2013 was passed on Tuesday by voice vote in the state assembly, clearing the deck for setting up of private universities and related institutions of higher learning in the state.
Even as the state government has paved the way for the opening of private universities in Bihar, the higher education scenario is unlikely to change much. A vast majority of the state's youth would continue to receive their higher education in the existing colleges and universities which depend solely on government grants. And, the state exchequer would have to cough up big grants to these government-funded institutions.
There is absolutely no demand for more engineering colleges in the state. It is going to be tough for the new private colleges to find students and faculty. Nearly 25,000 BE seats were vacant last year and it will be extremely difficult to woo students
Even before the SSC examination results are out the corporate Intermediate colleges have already commenced classes for the first year Intermediate students in the name of bridge course, flouting the rules of the Board of Intermediate Education.
The state government on Wednesday indicated that it was open to initiating the process of derecognizing 17 private medical and dental colleges found to have violated norms during the admission process in 2012-13.
JKBOSE has made it clear that private colleges have breached the rules since JKBOSE approved admission of only 12,000 candidates for the session 2011-2013 whereas colleges added 14,000 more. Adherence to rules under no circumstances should have been grossly violated and if it happened the problem lies with the administration of the private colleges and institutions
Various teachers and student organisations opposed the proposal to allow autonomous colleges in the state at the hearing organised by the N R Madhva Menon committee appointed by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) on Thursday to discuss the draft report on the scheme.
The delay by the State government in deciding on fee structure and seat-sharing matrix for admission to professional colleges through the Common Entrance Test (CET) has irked private engineering colleges.
All Kerala Private College Teachers’ Association (AKPCTA) has called upon the Higher Education Council not to make recommendation for the introduction of autonomous colleges in the State.
Hurt by Medical Council of India's apathy towards government medical colleges in Vidarbha, which has led to refusal of increased post-graduation seats, the Nagpur branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded resignation of all three members from the state on the MCI board of governors.
Receiving an increasing demand from students across the country, private universities have started the entrance exams in both offline and online formats.
The Bangalore University Task Force has recommended the varsity not to approve admissions made by private colleges that do not have the university affiliation.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will file a review petition in the Supreme Court next week on the apex court’s order allowing private colleges to conduct MBA and MCA courses without AICTE’s permission.
Federation of Associations of Managements of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions in India has appealed to the Kerala government to go ahead with the reforms in education sector.
Several private colleges in the state have siphoned off crores of rupees of the government-sponsored post-matric scholarship scheme by faking identities of 25,000 poor students, a top higher education department official said.
DAVV students are in jitters. Semester examinations are delayed and private colleges blame it on the university. The students have been forwarding applications and protesting constantly over the issue.
Governor H.R. Bhardwaj has cleared all private university Bills that were awaiting his assent. Sources in Raj Bhavan told The Hindu that there were no Bills proposing the establishment of private universities now pending with the Governor.
In a major decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that private colleges need not seek approval from the All India Council for Technical Education to conduct courses in computer application and management at the postgraduate level. However, AICTE Chairman S.S. Mantha said the Council would file a review petition against this order early next week.
The fate of students pursuing higher studies in the privately-run CMJ University in the state appears to be hanging in the balance as Meghalaya governor R.S. Mooshahary has brought out various irregularities in the functioning of the university.
Some student organisations and academics may oppose the setting up of as many as 17 new private universities in the State, but a few former Vice-Chancellors (VCs) have pledged their support for their establishment.