Vocational education providers appear to be another victim of the Gillard government's push against foreign workers after it failed to implement a promise to streamline visas for overseas students.
The Kerala Private Medical College Management Association (KPMCMA) on Friday decided to withdraw from the agreement it had entered into with the state government for admission to merit and management quota seats in colleges run by it.
In a major crackdown on private institutes, the government has ordered criminal proceedings against Sri Naryana, Sri Chaitanya and Sri Gayatri junior colleges, three most popular corporate groups for running intermediate classes which the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) does not recognize.
The government will bring an ordinance to make it mandatory for private colleges in the country to seek the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education for running postgraduate Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses.
Northwestern College, the second oldest private, two-year college in Illinois, announced that its Board of Directors this past quarter voted not to increase tuition for the 2013-2014 academic year. This is the second year in a row that the Board has chosen not to increase tuition, despite a challenging economic climate. Consequently, the costs per credit hour in the upcoming year will remain the same as those assessed two years ago during the 2011-2012 academic year.
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court to direct the private dental colleges to ensure and conduct admission of students to the postgraduation courses strictly as per the laws and regulations based on the merit-based rank list published by the Director of Medical Education (DME) and consequently direct the state government to monitor and supervise the admission process to ensure proper transparent and merit-based admission.
The admission supervisory committee (ASC), headed by Justice J M James, on Thursday cancelled the entrance test by private medical colleges to fill 35% management quota seats, citing question paper leak. The exam will now be held on June 22.
Private colleges and universities can go ahead and implement their planned tuition increase this school year as the Supreme Court removed the legal barrier for its implementation.
The government will bring an ordinance to make it mandatory for private colleges in the country to seek the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education for running postgraduate Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses.