The 'Forum for Fairness in Education' has decided to file a contempt case against the state government for violating the apex court's order on private medical and dental college seats. The SC directive states that private medical and dental colleges have to surrender vacant seats to the government after the second round of admission. The government can allot these seats to meritorious candidates.
Private medical colleges in the state have threatened not to undertake fresh admissions unless fee is hiked for the block period 2013-2016 is carried out in a manner that is commensurate with the expenditure they are bearing on each student. Interestingly, the demand comes ahead of the engineering and medical admission exam (Eamcet) is slated to be held on May 10.
A Parliamentary panel has criticised the University Grants Commission (UGC) for its delay in examining whether private universities are functioning in accordance with the UGC Act.
According to Private Universities Act 2006, many international-level private colleges are to be set up in Gurgaon, plans for which are in the pipeline and are expected to materialize soon. Land has been allocated in sectors 51 and 68 for setting up of educational institutes.
Seats in Intermediate colleges are all set to double to 44 lakh in the state with government inviting private institutions to set up new ones at a time when various stakeholders, including the state-run institutes have sought a ban on sanction of new colleges.
Even as the technical and professional education sector in the State is suffering from a crisis of lack of students, Think Tank Odisha, an advocacy group chaired by former Chief Secretary S B Mishra, has called for slashing of seats in the private colleges.
Many private medical colleges have stated that they will not be able to accept NEET-PG results for admissions. Admissions for private medical entrance exam tests may be declared today. A lot of private medical colleges were opposed to the introduction of a single medical entrance test.
In order to safeguard students’ interests, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed private medical colleges and a consortium of colleges across the country to declare the results of entrance examinations they conducted and on that basis make admissions to postgraduate, MBBS and dental courses for 2013-14.
With no clarity on the share of government quota seats for MBA and MCA this year, the Karnataka Private Postgraduate Colleges’ Association (KPPGCA) on Wednesday decided to conduct Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) on July 21.
A private medical college is under scrutiny for selling seats. The Health Ministry and Medical Council of India have cracked down on the People's Medical College in Madhya Pradesh. The college had illegally admitted over 240 students between 2009 and 2012, openly flouting MCI norms.
Even as increasing number of engineering seats are going vacant every year, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Maharashtra government have given a nod to many private colleges to increase their intake capacity. About 800 seats will be added to colleges under Nagpur University this academic year, though around 7,000 seats were left vacant in the last academic year.
Another private university in Meghalaya, the Mahatma Gandhi University, is under the scanner of the state government after complaints were received about its functioning, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said today.
In a keen desire to make Uttarakhand an education hub and thereby allowing the mushrooming of private Universities, by giving them permission to open their campuses, the successive state governments have inadvertently made Dehra Dun, where most of these Universities are located a drug and booze capital.
A private Indian university has been barred from recruiting Ghanaian students for its distance learning programmes since it is not accredited in this country. The university is under a cloud back home with a federal probe likely into its affairs - particularly the awarding of an extraordinarily high number of degrees - and its chancellor-promoter is on the run.
Here’s some good news for students hoping to pursue courses in veterinary science. The third veterinary college in the state and the first run by a private management is slated to come up in Thiruvananthapuram district, the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) said on Monday.
The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) will start postgraduate medical and dental counseling between May 23 and 27, while the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) will hold it on May 27.