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  • Fee mess: Clear dues by July 15, SC tells AP govt.

    HYDERABAD: Refusing to give any more time to AP to pay the fees of students covered under reimbursement scheme, the Supreme Court on Monday directed it to pay arrears immediately. While rejecting state’s plea to grant time till Sept, the SC directed that at least 25% of the dues be cleared by March 31, another 25% by May 31 and the balance by July 15.

    The state government in its affidavit filed before the SC asserted that it had already deposited Rs 1,000 crore in the treasury for reimbursement. “This money will go into the students’ accounts within 3 to 4 days. We sought time only to ascertain details of student beneficiaries,” advocate G Nageswar Reddy said. The state’s affidavit also spoke of the appointment of 4,200 verification officers for online verification and asking college managements to furnish details of the students. “Following requests from students and colleges, we extended the time to apply online and this had led to the delay in processing and reimbursing,” the government affidavit said. The SC posted the case to March 15 for further hearing.

    Source : TOI

  • Tuition fee reimbursement: Talks begin

    HYDERABAD: The state government will try every trick up its sleeve to neutralise the demand for reimbursement of tuition fee when it holds the third round of talks with the managements of professional and engineering colleges tomorrow.

    According to sources, the government has decided to explain the financial situation and offer to go slow on initiating action against colleges which are not meeting the mandatory standards like quality infrastructure and qualified faculty.

    The cabinet sub-committee on fee reimbursement and scholarships scheme today held a two-hour-long brainstorming session today with officials over the options available for the government to end the row with the college managements. Ministers B Satyanarayana, A Ramanarayana Reddy, Baswaraj Saraiah, P Satyanarayana and Mohd Ahmedullah participated in the meeting. All the ministers and officials refused to speak to media on the government’s strategy saying they would speak only after the talks with the representatives of Consortium of Engineering and Professional Colleges Managements Association.

    Options before the government:

    * Asking colleges to borrow from banks and standing guarantee for the loans

    * Taking loans itself by mortgaging assets to banks

    * Immediate release of Rs 800 cr to professional colleges

    * Release to degree and other colleges later

    Source : Indian Express

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