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  • There shall be uniform fee for all the students- A.P High Court.

    A Division Bench of the AP High Court comprising Justice Goda Raghu Ram and Justice P. Durga Prasad quashed the notifications issued by the State government in August 2010 pertaining to the fee to be paid by students in private engineering colleges.

    The Bench said that there shall be uniform fee for all the students in a college except for the NRI quota. The judgment covers unaided colleges offering engineering, MBA, MCA, and Pharmacy courses.

    They said that by fixing separate fee for A and B categories, one set of students were forced to subsidise the other, which was constitutionally impermissible.

    At present, the fee for A category seats in private engineering college is Rs.30,000 and nearly Rs.90,000 for B category. This, the Bench said, amounted to cross subsidy and was unconstitutional. The Bench permitted the AFRC to recommend and the State government to notify a higher fee for students admitted into 15 per cent quota for NRIs. This fee shall be deposited in a separate bank account to be employed for the benefit of students from economically weaker sections.

    The government is to notify the fee structure in March of the preceding academic year. The court directed the State to notify the fee structure proposals for academic years 2010-2011, 2011-2012 & 2012-2013 within three months.

  • Caste bias on the rise in Andhra Pradesh colleges.

    Hyderabad, Nov 01: Caste discrimination in colleges across the state, specifically in professional colleges, is on the rise.

    This is more so in the case of students availing of the fee reimbursement scheme.

    With the delay in government releasing the funds for colleges, the managements are forcing students to pay the amount. Students from SC, ST and BC categories, who are not in a position to pay, are facing discrimination. Some managements are allegedly even making casteist remarks and insulting students who fail to pay fees.

    The government had directed all the colleges to maintain separate complaint registers to enable students to lodge such complaints.

    It had also warned the colleges of severe action if they resort to such practices. However, the government has failed to initiate any steps to check the errant managements. As a result, the associations have approached the University Grants Commission.

    The government was forced to act recently after the UGC intervened in the issue.

    UGC joint secretary Dr K.C. Pathak has issued a circular to all the universities to curb caste discrimination in university colleges and affiliated colleges.

    In a circular, Dr Pathak stated that, “Several instances have come to the notice of the UGC on caste discrimination in higher education institutes. It has been emphasised that they should desist from any act of discrimination against students on grounds of their social origin. The university/institute/college should develop a page on their website for lodging such complaints of caste discrimination and also place a complaint register in the registrar/ principal office for the purpose.”

    The government has circulated the UGC orders to all the universities and directed them to ensure its implementation.

    Thanks to the fee reimbursement scheme, the enrolment of students in professional colleges and other higher education institutes has increased manifold. While five years ago there were only about five lakh students from the BC/SC/ST categories pursuing education in professional colleges, the number today stands at 25 lakh.

    Majority of these students are pursuing professional courses like B.Tech, MBA, MCA, MBBS etc.

    Source : Deccan Chronicle

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