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.
In a setback for private engineering colleges in the state, the AP high court on Tuesday rejected their plea seeking permission to charge fee higher than that was fixed by the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC).
For the first time in the history of medical education in the country, the government has approved a proposal to allow extra MBBS seats to all public and private medical colleges this year.
With admissions to constituent colleges of Rajasthan University (RU) almost coming to an end, the left out students are now flocking private colleges of the city seeking admissions. Surprisingly, private colleges are now reporting higher percentage than in the previous cut-offs.
Mumbai university is considering taking over the administration of Lords Universal College, Kandivli, and Public Night College, Santa Cruz, for financial irregularities at these institutions.
Entrance examination to MBBS seats in management quota at Medical Colleges under the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association (KPCMCA) will be held at Sacred Hearts College, Thevara on July 21 at 2 pm, under the supervision of Commissioner of Entrance examinations, said the Admission Supervisory Committee headed by Justice J M James.
With private colleges finding it hard to attract students, the Government First Grade College here has managed to pull students, who are thronging it to get admission to BCom and BA, particularly with English as major.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday rejected private engineering colleges’ plea seeking permission to charge a fee higher than that fixed by the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC).
A private engineering college in Jodhpur is flaunting the name of its former principal-cum-author in the admission brochure and uploaded the same on Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) web portal in a bid to attract students and to retain its affiliation. RTU web portal in a bid to attract students and to retain its affiliation.
Two panels have recommended an enactment of the law to make mandatory quota of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in private colleges.
Claiming that the online admission process remained complaint-free, the state government on Tuesday told the high court that the new system was introduced for transparency in the filling up of the management quota seats in private engineering colleges.
This means that the private medical colleges, which were enrolling students on the basis of their own entrance tests can only admit those students who had appeared in the NEET and secured at least 50% marks. However, since the apex Court interim order of May 13 allowed the declaration of results of MCI's NEET and also of tests by private medical colleges to facilitate the admissions for the current academic year, there is now more confusion sprouting.
The entrance test to fill 35% management quota seats in private medical colleges will be held on on July 21 in Ernakulam. This was announced by the admission supervisory committee (ASC), headed by justice J M James. The test conducted by private medical colleges on May 31 was cancelled by the committee citing question paper leak.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police over alleged tardy investigation into the mysterious death of an MBBS student at a private college in Moradabad town.
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.
Students have begun to reconcile themselves to the confusion created following the allotment of private seats by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) preceding the allotment of government quota seats by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) this year.
Himachal Pradesh government today decided that from academic session 2013-14, Himachal Pradesh Private Educational institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) will grant approval to courses run by private universities.
If you thought not gaining admission in DU was the end of the world, think again. Delhi/NCR is home to a number of universities that offer programmes in almost all disciplines. Universities conducting distance learning along with private universities are also being sought after by many candidates . And the best part is that admissions are still on in most of them.
The Maharashtra Government has given its final approval for setting up of private universities in the state. State Minister for Higher Education Rajesh Tope made this announcement on Monday and declared that five proposals have already come to the government asking permission to open private universities.
Distressed students and parents who have a rightful claim to the management quota allege the medical colleges are selling seats to the highest bidders in clear violation of MCI’s directive.
Private medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh are allowed to fill 25% of management quota seats. They are supposed to fill the seats in online method for transparency. When the students tried to download the application, it is showing that it will take 4381 years to download the application. Some private medical colleges are not allowing the students to download the application by increasing the size of it to 2,399 crore megabytes
Owners of private medical colleges in Punjab have asked the state government to increase the annual fee for the MBBS course as high as Rs. 10 lakh. At present, the fee for MBBS as well as BDS seats is Rs. 1.5 lakh per year.
The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the single common entrance test for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges, paving the way for private colleges to conduct their own examination.
The Supreme Court verdict striking down NEET (national eligibility cum entrance test) for medical admission has come as a body blow to opponents of reservation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the single-window National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) dealing a body blow to uniform admission norms for MBBS, BDS and MD seats in all medical colleges and allowing private medical colleagues to frame their own admissions norms and charge, in many cases, stiff capitation fees.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admissions into all medical and dental colleges. The apex court ruled that the Medical Council of India cannot conduct a unified examination.
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) notification about holding a common entrance test for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges. The judgment will pave the way for private colleges to hold their own entrance test.
Despite the case about filling of engineering seats under the management quota pending before the HC, admissions-starved private college managements in the state are trapping Eamcet-qualified candidates, assuring them of a seat in B-Category and asking them to submit their original certificates.
The State government will upload a list of private professional colleges falling under various categories based on the ceiling it had set for additional fee collection on Tuesday, which coincides with the deadline for paying the fees and reporting to the colleges for Common Entrance Test (CET) rank holders.
The Supreme Court today scrapped holding of a single common entrance test (NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in all medical colleges, paving the way for private colleges to conduct their own examination.
Student activists of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) blocked traffic on National Highway 66 at Nantoor here on Friday in protests against the State government’s order allowing private colleges to collect “excess” fees.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the common entrance exam held by the Medical Council of India or MCI will not continue because it is not empowered to do so.
Admission to MBBS seats in management quota in eight private medical colleges under the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association (KPCMCA) is likely to become a troublesome affair, with the KPCMCA office bearers making it clear that they would not cooperate with the entrance exam scheduled to be held on July 21 in Kochi. However, the Admission Supervisory Committee headed by Justice K M James said that the exam would be held on the scheduled date itself.
Supreme Court said that MCI has no power to conduct a single common entrance test for medical admissions across the country. Private medical colleges can conduct their own entrance tests. Supreme Court cancelled NEET and central government is planning to file a review petition. Nearly 115 petitions were filed in Supreme Court challenging NEET.
The apex court ruled that private medical colleges will conduct their own entrance examination through their associations while the states and Central government will conduct their own tests.
AP has 6,200 students studying in 26 private medical colleges and 16 government colleges. According to Medical Council of India rules, one cadaver is required for 12 students. However in reality, more than 25 students crowd around one body. Private colleges get bodies on a rotational basis due to the existing scarcity.
Even though the permanent fee fixation committee for professional colleges had fixed Rs 40,000/Rs 45,000 as fees for non-accredited and accredited private engineering colleges, in reality most of the 500 odd private engineering colleges collect up to Rs 1 lakh as annual fees.
Two things are sure to push us into exasperation mode – Delhi University’s near impossible cut-offs and the big question as to why our universities don’t find a mention in the world’s top 200 universities. Instead of rolling their eyes, a group of academicians and entrepreneurs have decided to set things right and offer a respite from platitudinous learning. Ashoka University, which is set to take off in August 2014 from the National Capital Region, promises high-quality, top-notch liberal education, banking heavily on private philanthropy.
In stark violation of the Punjab Private Universities Policy-2010, the DAV University here has started admitting students without obtaining “mandatory” approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to run different courses while its academic session starts on August 1.
From the academic session 2013-14, Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) would grant approvals to courses by private universities in the hill state.
Supreme Court, in its order on July 18, scrapped holding of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, paving the way for private medical colleges to conduct their own exam.
Unhappy over the Supreme Court verdict scrapping common entrance tests to medical colleges, India's Health Ministry is contemplating moving a review petition.
After a four-year hiatus, the private university bill is back in the reckoning. The trigger: a proposal by a top Delhi-based varsity to set up a centre in the State was shot down by the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) citing UGC norms.
There had been many complaints against the private colleges in the state this year for indiscriminate sale of MBBS seats under the management quota by collecting hefty donations. Worse still, many meritorious students seeking admissions under the management quota were denied applications. Sources said that the raids unearthed hundreds of crores of rupees collected as donations and capitation fees.
A minister in the Virbhadra Singh cabinet in Himachal Pradesh has raised questions over the functioning of private universities in the state by blaming them of degrading and commercializing the education.
The city's premier academic organization, Deccan Education Society (DES), has decided to move a proposal to the state government to set up a private university under the government's model guidelines to set up such self-financed universities.
Private colleges of the state have urged the Higher Education Department to consider principals, faculty and students for the prestigious annual Laxman Singh Gaud award. The award was instituted three years ago after former higher education minister of the state.
The Department of Higher Education has decided to revive the Service Selection Board (SSB) to look after recruitment of teachers for non-government colleges. The decision has received the State Government’s approval as well.