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  • Agitation hits tech. students.

    Engineering students in Telangana region are facing the risk of ‘attendance shortage’ due to holidays announced by college managements in support of Sakala Janula Samme. Same is the case with MBA, MCA, M.Tech, B.Pharmacy and M.Pharmacy students since these courses are also offered by the same engineering colleges on the same campus.

    Out of total 717 engineering colleges in the state, about 365 are in Telangana alone. About 4 lakh students are pursuing various professional courses in these colleges. These colleges have remain closed since September 18 and there is no clarity when the colleges will reopen though the managements expect it to happen only after October 9. With this, students are facing the risk of not meeting the minimum 75 per cent attendance norm to appear for semester exams.

    The JNTU-Hyderabad, which governs over 90 per cent of the engineering colleges in Telangana region, made it clear that it has not announced any holidays for engineering colleges, the managements have declared holidays till the APSRTC resumes its bus services completely. Students are worried after they received SMSes from JNTU-Hyderabad stating that it has not declared any holidays on account of strike and colleges should function normally. As per existing rules, it is mandatory for every engineering student to have 75 per cent attendance to sit for the exams. A 10 per cent concession is given on medical grounds but students having below 65 per cent attendance are not allowed to take the exams.

    Source : DC

  • AP has 52 illegal B-Schools.

    Andhra Pradesh has the second highest number of unrecognised business schools in the country. Out of 348 unapproved B-schools identified by the All India Council for Technical Education, the state has 52. Most of these institutions are offering post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM) courses without obtaining the necessary approval from either AICTE or the state government.

    Of these 348 unapproved institutions, Delhi and Maharashtra top the list with 75 each, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 52. The state government had even appointed a committee six months ago to check unrecognised B-schools in the state. Though the committee submitted its report long ago, the government failed to initiate any steps to curb unrecognised B-schools in the state. The committee comprising Prof V. Venkata Ramana, the dean of School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad, and Prof Kodanda Reddy of Sri Venkateshwara University suggested action against these institutes under the Indian Penal Code, but the report is gathering dust since August.

    Many students had joined the B-schools thinking that with an MBA degree they will get lucrative jobs in the corporate world. They had spent between `10 lakh to `15 lakh as course fees. However, the students got a rude shock when they realised that their degrees are from universities that are “blacklisted” in the corporate world. It has been found that many business schools that promised to offer “quality education” actually employ faculty with no industry experience.

    Source : DC

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