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.
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.
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.
CMJ University in Meghalaya, which is under the scanner for awarding over 430 Ph.D. degrees in the last academic year, could be dissolved for irregularities, with Governor R. S. Mooshahary pulling up the varsity for violating UGC norms.
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.
The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) will start postgraduate medical and dental counseling between May 23 and 27, while the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) will hold it on May 27.
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.
Doaba region of the state seems to be soon developing as an hub of private universities in the name of quality higher education. Two private universities Lovely Professional University situated on Jalandhar-Phagwara highway (NH-1) and the coming up DAV University located on Jalandhar-Pathankot National Highway had already made their presence in the region to serve the people with higher education. Now the third player was ready to enter the list of private universities. The University named as Sant Baba Bhag Singh University is likely to come with in a year as claimed by Dr. HS Sagar, Director General of the Sant Bhag Singh Education Society.
The fee structure for new private colleges offering technical courses has been finalized by the state government's fee regulatory committee (technical). The ad hoc fee for degree engineering course in these colleges has been fixed at Rs 49,000 per annum. However, this fee structure is ad-hoc and subject to revision next year, when it will be regularized.
Minister for higher education RV Deshpande on Sunday said his government would review the decision taken by the previous government granting permission to start universities by private institutes and individuals.
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.
The Private Universities Bill passed during the last session of the previous Assembly could hit a roadblock with Higher Education Minister R V Deshpande stating that it was a policy matter and the Cabinet would discuss its pros and cons.
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.
The Karnataka government is keen on implementing the provisions of a 2006 law to regulate admission and determine the fee structure in private medical, dental and engineering colleges.
This was decided in a meeting held with the private educational institutions on Friday by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister for Higher Education R V Deshpande, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil and education department officials.
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.
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.
Another private university in Meghalaya, the Mahatma Gandhi University, is under the scanner of the state government after complaints were received about its functioning, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said today.
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.