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.
Some of the private deemed universities in Pune have been blatantly flouting norms laid down under the RTI Act besides showing brazen non-compliance towards orders issued by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) when it comes to disclosure of information in public interest.
A Division Bench of the AP High Court comprising Justice Ashutosh Mohunta and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu on Monday felt that the admissions into management quota seats in private medical colleges in the State had to be streamlined and some more safeguards need to be put in place to protect the interest of the students.