Stop Loyola College from admitting students for aided and unaided, undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as there is an apprehension that merit and reservation norms may not be followed during admissions, said a PIL filed in the Madras high court.
Here's some good news for engineering aspirants who are now eagerly waiting for the e-counselling to begin from June 20. The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has given a go-ahead to increase 1,400 seats in engineering courses across 80 private colleges, six government colleges and six universities after inspecting their infrastructure.
As their demand for hiking the fees for undergraduate professional courses was shot down by the state government, private professional colleges in the state have hiked the price for management quota seats manifold. While some of the private engineering colleges in the state have stated charging about Rs 18 lakh for seats under the payment (management) quota, the amount seems to be on a continuous ascent.
The High Court on Friday directed the Kerala Private College Medical Managements Association to file a counter affidavit on a petition filed by the state government seeking to postpone the entrance test in colleges under the association.
The NGO, Jan Jagran Samiti (JJS) has approached the district collectorate on Friday to register their protest against the private junior colleges indulging in private tuition classes, demanding strict action against such institutions.
The state government has cleared proposals for setting up agriculture polytechnic colleges in private sector. Five new agriculture polytechnic colleges and one agri-engineering college would come up in the private sector at different locations, according to Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University vice-chancellor professor A Padma Raju.
The University Grants Commission has cautioned students that no university, whether Central, State, private or deemed can offer its programmes through franchisee arrangement with private coaching institutions even for distance mode courses. The commission in a recent notification advised students not to take admission in unapproved study centres, off campus centres, franchisee institutions, colleges / institutions claiming to be affiliated with private universities or deemed universities.
On the issue of setting up of 20 new private universities, Mr. Deshpande said a three-member official committee has been set up to monitor the availability of infrastructure and quality of education in private universities.