Challenging medical admissions under management quota, two writ petitions have been filed at the Madurai bench of the Madras high court against top government authorities and four private medical colleges.
Of the 42 universities in the state, 34 are state universities, three central and five deemed. Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema have 10 state universities each, while Telangana has 14. Besides, there are 700 private engineering colleges spread across the state.
A two-judge bench of the AP High Court on Monday gave its nod to the admissions made in private medical colleges for the present academic year. The bench of Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice D Seshadiri Naidu dismissed a batch of 50 writ petitions primarily on the ground that the writ petitions raised disputed questions of fact but failed to place strong evidence in support of the allegations.
Here's a question for India's education-obsessed middle class and upper middle class parents: Would you send your son or daughter to a well-funded, well-appointed, classy private university backed by some of India's best names in business and academia but one that offers a liberal arts education?