The state government has decided to take control of vacant medical college seats after two rounds of admissions. The move comes in the wake of malpractices by private medical colleges last year.
The private medical college managements in Andhra Pradesh have agreed not to hike fee structure for the current academic year 2013-14, provided the state government do not interfere with the admission procedure of management quota seats in the state.
As many as 456 tribal students have been admitted to class XI of private colleges with hostel facilities under a special scheme of the state government, for which the colleges would be given Rs 50,000 per annum per student. Admissions of another 294 students were finalised recently. The total number of students included 160 from the district.
A demand-supply mismatch for undergraduate courses in Delhi University has created a windfall for private universities and institutes in the region. This year, the increase in number of applicants hit a new high of 43%. Nearly 2.5 lakh students have applied for 54,000 seats, and the admission process is still on.
As the admission season is on, city private colleges are making huge money by just selling out their prospectus. A student applying for two or more colleges has to shell out anywhere from Rs. 1,200 to Rs. 1,500.
The dismal situation of Nagpur University prompted the first question in the discussion: What caused this fall in standard of the hallowed institution? Former vice-chancellor Haribhau Kedar began by blaming those at the helm for not implementing the rules that make up this system.
Not only corporate schools, even private colleges offering graduate courses have been operating branches after securing permission in a different address in SPSR Nellore district. Many colleges are flouting norms and some of them offering laptops and other sops to fill the seats, this academic year.
Four new medical colleges in the state — three in the private sector and one in the government sector —have been rejected by the Medical Council of India for the year 2013-14 as they failed to meet the stipulated norms on faculty and infrastructure facilities.
Management colleges in the state are facing severe student crunch. Thirty-four private management colleges, affiliated to Rajasthan Technical University (RTU), have shut shop in this academic year and the remaining others struggle to survive due to poor student response.
In a move to ensure there are fewer irregularities in the admission process to private medical colleges this year, the state government has issued an order clarifying that these colleges will have to surrender to the government, seats left vacant after the second round.
As if the problems regarding unapproved MBBS seats were not enough, the Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidda and Homeopathy (AYUSH) institutions in the state too are under scanner. As many as 36 private AYUSH colleges have not been accorded recognition by the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) for the 2013 admissions.
For those aspiring for government quota seats in private colleges to pursue Master of Business Administration (MBA) course in Karnataka, admissions may not be possible just by clearing the entrance exam, if representatives of some B-schools have their way.
The government is signing an agreement with private colleges on seat-sharing in the next couple of days. "The fee structure remains the same as last year," he added.
The country's first and only private open agriculture university, which began functioning here in January this year, has opened its doors for farmers offering them courses without any age bar and qualification restriction.
The Tripura government has decided to reject degree and diploma certificates issued by study centres of private universities and educational institutions of other states, officials here said Thursday.
Two panels examining the education standards of SC/STs and OBCs have urged the Centre to enact a law to implement admission quotas for them at private institutions of study.
Central funding under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) would also be made available to private institutions based on certain criteria, the HRD ministry said.
Punjab technical education minister Anil Joshi on Thursday issued instructions to all government and private technical education institutes, including engineering colleges, polytechnics and industrial training institutes (ITIs), to take all preventive steps to ensure that new students are not subjected to harassment and ragging by seniors.