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  • Fee row: Pvt colleges to go ahead with strike

    HYDERABAD: The standoff between engineering colleges and the state government on the fee reimbursement issue is likely to continue for long. The private college managements have stated that they will go ahead with the proposed strike from February 16 if the government fails to release the entire fee arrears immediately.

    The colleges also have also refused to take bank loans on the government’s counter guarantee. They stated that they were not ready to pay interest to banks.

    Ramesh Nimmatoori, an official of a college, said that most colleges now want the government to pay up the money as soon as possible. “At a meeting held on Monday, majority of the representatives of the colleges stated that with the Supreme Court directing the government to submit an affidavit within one week, they will not agree to any proposal to wait for over three months,” said Nimmatoori.

    With the apex court order favouring them, the colleges have put forth another proposal. “The government will have to allot Rs 7,000 crore for the fee reimbursement scheme in the coming budget as against the proposed Rs 4,000 crore,” said Nimmatoori.

    Meanwhile, a section of engineering colleges said that they want the government to release 50 per cent of funds immediately. “The rest of the funds should be released by April first week. Otherwise, we will file a contempt petition against the government,” said K Krishna Reddy, president, Rural Engineering College Managements’ Association.

    In spite of the court order, the government on Monday stated that it would not be able to release funds in a week’s time and said that the colleges would have to wait till the end of February for the same. The government also expressed it helplessness to release 50 per cent of the funds immediately. The officials, however, stated that they would come up with a permanent solution to the problem by the end of February.

    Source : TOI

  • PGDM colleges deplore AICTE cap on fee

    HYDERABAD: Colleges offering PG Diploma in Management (PGDM) courses have decided to approach the Supreme Court against the AICTE move to put a cap on the fee. According to the new AICTE rules introduced earlier this month, colleges which run autonomous PGDM courses will now have to slash their course fee from a whopping Rs 1 lakh to Rs 30,000 per annum.

    The AICTE had also decided to cancel the autonomy of these colleges preventing them from deciding their own curriculum and fee structure. The colleges will have to get affiliated to state universities, which will monitor all administrative and academic matters of the colleges.

    The managements stated that the fee reduction by 70 per cent would be a squeeze on their resources and running the colleges would become difficult. “The colleges have been offering good quality education. The students are even provided with laptops and are exposed to the syllabus which is not inferior to that of IIMs. The AICTE’s decision to cancel their autonomy will upset the educational system being followed by these colleges,” said T Srinivas Acharya, principal, Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management. There are 30 such institutions in the state.

    College managements said that they would be left with no option but to shut down if the fee cap was implemented by the government.

    “We will not be able to provide all the good facilities being now provided to the students if the fee structure is controlled. From internship to full-fledged laboratories, the colleges have been providing students with the best facilities,” said a college representative.

    The colleges said that they had brought the issue to the notice of the ministry of human resources development (MHRD) and were awaiting a response. “HRD minister Kapil Sibal has promised to find a solution to the problem. We will, however, approach court if the matter is not settled by the government,” said a representative.

    Source : TOI

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