The college administration in response said that they were only following Supreme Court’s orders in not revealing the number of seats. Gandhi Medical College is a private medical college affiliated under the ‘autonomous body’, Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
A tug-of-war is on between the government and private engineering colleges yet again over vacant seats. A day after the Department of Technical Education (DTE) stalled the admission approval process citing lack of clarity from the government on filling vacant seats, college managements have written to the government seeking tuition fees for all untaken seats.
Kerala Nursing and Midwives Council’s decision to bar allotments to 400 nursing seats spread across 8 University Colleges of Nursing under the M.G. University for this year has left around 2,500 applicants in the lurch.
Asia’s premier monthly magazine on ICT in Education-Digital Learning has ranked Lovely Professional University as top private university in overall ranking with 441.74 scores.
Maharashtra Government is mulling setting up of a special recruitment board on lines of MPSC and UPSC for the appointment of lecturers and staff to private colleges, minister for Higher and Technical Education Rajesh Tope has said.
Apart from law and order, education and health are perhaps the two areas where a government has the greatest responsibility towards its citizens - in socialist as well as capitalist societies. Unfortunately, in India, we have seen the steady retreat of government as a provider of quality education and healthcare. It is clear that there is no option but for the private sector to step in to bridge the yawning gap in the number of schools, colleges and hospitals.
Teaching faculty of private colleges, including engineering institutions drew flak from educationists for staying focused on infrastructure and rather than good teaching staff. As a result, even talented students from private institutions suffer on account of poor placements.
Medical and dental college aspirants are worried about losing out on seats despite being meritorious. A schedule for admissions to private medical and dental colleges to fill seats that are vacant after the second round gives students only one day to attend counselling, confirm seats and pay tuition fees.
Another person elected was an 'agent' who supplies 'patients and faculty' to private medical colleges whenever an MCI team comes for inspections. The election in the state was nothing less than a 'cash-for-vote' scam and the future of medical education depends on this elected body."
Teaching in private colleges throughout the country was affected on Friday as thousands of teachers were on mass casual leave and participated in a rally held at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
Union human resource development minister MM Pallam Raju on Saturday said problems of private engineering colleges would be looked into at a meeting next month.
Private universities may soon have to legally vest all their movable and immovable properties in the name of the university; utilise their incomes and property only for their growth and development and maintain accounts in the name of the university (not in the name of the sponsoring body/trust) by following standards set by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the ministry of human resource development.
Two accused arrested for duping about a dozen students mostly from Andhra Pradesh to the tune of Rs 1.35 crore by promising them admission in private medical colleges of the state had roped in an interpreter to interact with the clients in English.
Even as private and unaided medical and dental colleges in the state concluded their admission process on Monday, several eligible students did not visit the campuses to avoid chaos. However, when this TOI reporter, posing as a student, contacted three colleges, they claimed that one can secure admissions on Tuesday too.
Officials said that initial objections were made on naming Mathura medical college as SN Medical College but the differences between officials were ironed out.
Private engineering colleges in the southern districts, including Madurai, have urged the state government for the early reimbursement of students' fee that they had waived under a scheme.