The 'Forum for Fairness in Education' has decided to file a contempt case against the state government for violating the apex court's order on private medical and dental college seats. The SC directive states that private medical and dental colleges have to surrender vacant seats to the government after the second round of admission. The government can allot these seats to meritorious candidates.
Private medical colleges in the state have threatened not to undertake fresh admissions unless fee is hiked for the block period 2013-2016 is carried out in a manner that is commensurate with the expenditure they are bearing on each student. Interestingly, the demand comes ahead of the engineering and medical admission exam (Eamcet) is slated to be held on May 10.
A Parliamentary panel has criticised the University Grants Commission (UGC) for its delay in examining whether private universities are functioning in accordance with the UGC Act.
According to Private Universities Act 2006, many international-level private colleges are to be set up in Gurgaon, plans for which are in the pipeline and are expected to materialize soon. Land has been allocated in sectors 51 and 68 for setting up of educational institutes.
Seats in Intermediate colleges are all set to double to 44 lakh in the state with government inviting private institutions to set up new ones at a time when various stakeholders, including the state-run institutes have sought a ban on sanction of new colleges.
Even as the technical and professional education sector in the State is suffering from a crisis of lack of students, Think Tank Odisha, an advocacy group chaired by former Chief Secretary S B Mishra, has called for slashing of seats in the private colleges.
Many private medical colleges have stated that they will not be able to accept NEET-PG results for admissions. Admissions for private medical entrance exam tests may be declared today. A lot of private medical colleges were opposed to the introduction of a single medical entrance test.
In order to safeguard students’ interests, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed private medical colleges and a consortium of colleges across the country to declare the results of entrance examinations they conducted and on that basis make admissions to postgraduate, MBBS and dental courses for 2013-14.
With no clarity on the share of government quota seats for MBA and MCA this year, the Karnataka Private Postgraduate Colleges’ Association (KPPGCA) on Wednesday decided to conduct Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) on July 21.
A private medical college is under scrutiny for selling seats. The Health Ministry and Medical Council of India have cracked down on the People's Medical College in Madhya Pradesh. The college had illegally admitted over 240 students between 2009 and 2012, openly flouting MCI norms.
Even as increasing number of engineering seats are going vacant every year, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Maharashtra government have given a nod to many private colleges to increase their intake capacity. About 800 seats will be added to colleges under Nagpur University this academic year, though around 7,000 seats were left vacant in the last academic year.
The meeting with the government and the private college management could not come to a conclusion on the seat matrix or the fee structure of professional courses in the state this year.
Twenty-seven students who took admission in various private engineering colleges directly after Odisha joint entrance examination (OJEE) counseling was over last year stand to lose their seats. The government has decided to withdraw their admission rights and not allow them to appear the semester examinations of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) beginning from Saturday.
The Supreme court which finally declared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) PG final verdict after a lot of postponement has cleared the admissions for Medical/ Dental courses across the country.
Eight medial colleges under the Kerala Private Medical College Managements Association will charge Rs.1.65 lakh for 30 per cent of the merit seats in each institution. Last year this fee was Rs.1.5 lakh.
Government colleges in Mysore are in demand this admission season. Hundreds of student from city and rural areas are opting for government colleges even though there are enough private colleges.
Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande on Wednesday said that he would strive to get one world-class university and Indian Institute of Technology at Raichur and Dharwad with help from the Union government but remained noncommittal on what stand the Congress government would take on private universities sanctioned by the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
Establishment of private universities (self-financed universities) in Maharashtra will soon be a reality as the state government today issued government resolution (GR) in this regard. So far companies such as Reliance and Bharat Forge have evinced interests and have held series of meetings with the government.