Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya (DAVV) had recently claimed that it will be holding PhD entrance examination this year but it is now putting blame on private colleges for causing delay.
Private College Principals’ Association in Kanyakumari district has decided to close all their colleges on October 21 to condemn the murder of an engineering college principal by three students in Tuticorin District.
The parents of two MBBS aspirants, who claim they were denied admission at private medical colleges, said they had approached the college officials several times but they evaded them.
Despite instructions by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) and the University Grants Commission (UGC), most private universities in the State have no or incomplete details about their procedures and functioning on their websites. This, say experts, amounts to a violation of the norms of disclosure of information in public interest
In this academic year alone, according to police sources, there have been 17 registered cases of student violence in the State. Of these, at least six are in private colleges, including the principal’s murder in Tuticorin.
In the wake of the rise in number of seats going unclaimed after counselling year after year, some private engineering colleges are mulling conversion into an arts and science institutions.
Medical aspirants are elated at the Supreme Court's decision to review its July order to strike down the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). Most believe that a single-window entrance test is an ideal way to preclude private medical colleges in Maharashtra from charging extortive capitation fees.
The University of Madras released the final year results for its undergraduate courses in July but students in many autonomous colleges are yet to receive their provisional degree certificates.
True to its status as an education hub, three colleges from the city figure in the list of colleges identified by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to be accorded the power to grant degrees, a privilege that is hitherto reserved for the universities. The 45-college list has 11 from the state.
In a significant ruling on Monday, the AP High Court directed that the content and format of applications of all private medical colleges shall be uniform and they shall be made available even at the NTR Health University.
With thousands of seats in private engineering colleges lying vacant in recent years, some colleges are mulling the option of converting the technical institution into an arts and science institution, as there is a rise in the enrolment in arts and science courses.