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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
State higher and technical education minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said private engineering colleges should reduce their student intake so there would be no vacant seats.
The self-financing private medical colleges in the state is yet to submit the list of students admitted to various colleges under the 35% management quota seats.
What began with a rush by private educational trusts to set up engineering colleges in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka a decade ago, is now suffering distress sales as the institutions fail to attract students to fill the available places.
Though the enrollment in UP government's technical colleges is higher, when it comes to quality, private colleges take the lead. This year, majority of meritorious students, according to Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU), are from private colleges.
The commission to regulate the private educational institutions of Himachal Pradesh now is invalid and so are its assessment orders, circulars, and notices.
Having accused the BJP government of turning Himachal into Bihar by allowing a large number of private universities and compromising with standards of higher education, the Himachal government on Saturday did a complete U-turn.
The TN Private Colleges (Regulation) Act does not contemplate prior permission from the government for filling up faculty vacancies, so aided colleges need not obtain them, the Madras High Court has ruled.